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Ludhiana MC Commissioner suspended for abusing power
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 17
Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Commissioner Malvinder Singh Jaggi has been suspended after a speedy one-hour inquiry by Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini found him guilty of gross misuse of power in demolishing the shop of a vegetable vendor who did not “attend to his wife properly”.

This is the second instance when a bureaucrat has been taken to task for misusing power. Earlier, Patiala Deputy Commissioner Vikas Garg was suspended for allowing the sale of government land.

Jaggi’s wife was apparently peeved at a vegetable vendor for not “attending to her properly”. It is alleged that the vendor had asked her to pay for the vegetables. Following the incident, a corporation demolition squad pulled down the kiosk.