While resentment is brewing in every ward of the Cuttack Municipal Commission (CMC) over the faulty identification of people to get ration card for subsidised food grains, the CMC Commissioner on Tuesday lodged an FIR with the local police over the vandalism created by corporators during the CMC Council meeting last Saturday.
“In view of the damages made to public properties and injuries caused to some officials during the meeting, I have reported the same to police at the Purighat police station,” said Commissioner Gyana Das. The complainant has, however, not mentioned anything about the nature of injuries, cost of the damage or who caused them in his report.
City DCP Sanjiv Arora said the police would soon investigate into the matter and take appropriate action as per the law. Meanwhile, Opposition Congress corporators have criticised the CMC Commissioner’s action, saying the police complaint is nothing but eyewash to divert the attention from the important issue.
“When thousands of slum dwellers are excluded and many well-to-do people owning allegiance to the ruling
party are included in the list of ration cards, the CMC Commissioner’s police complaint is nothing but a drama,” alleged Congress corporator Giribala Behera.