An elderly man was allegedly beaten up by sanitation workers for defecating in the open and forced to sanitise the place, following which three employees of the Ujjain Municipal Corporation have been suspended.
The incident occurred at Sunahri Ghat here on Wednesday when teams comprising UMC employees were conducting a campaign, 'Roko Toko,' to shame people spotted relieving themselves in the open by blowing a whistle.
In the clip, the old man is seen slapped and forced to clean up feces using his hands and 'dhoti' purportedly by some members of the Open Defection Free (ODF) squad.
Ujjain Municipal Commissioner Ashish Singh said that the administration has suspended three employees including a sanitary inspector after a two-member inquiry committee of Additional Commissioners Vishal Chouhan and Sanjay Mehta submitted its report.
The report was sought by Urban Administration Department's Principal Secretary Malay Shrivastava after the video went viral on social media. The incident occurred on December 28 at Sunahri Ghat. The elderly man in the video is a resident of neighbouring Chitaman Jawasiya village, Singh added. The three suspended employees are sanitary inspector Mukesh Sarwan and two sanitary workers luky and Rahul.
