GP staff loses job for penalising ‘defaulter’

Panchayat reacts to video footage in social media

A video showing a multipurpose worker of Pocharam Gram Panchayat in Kusumanchi mandal forcibly taking away the traditional cot of a woman citing alleged non-payment of water bill went viral on social media, prompting the Gram Panchayat to remove him from service. A specially convened meeting of the Gram Panchayat chaired by the Sarpanch on Monday passed a resolution terminating the services of multipurpose worker Pulla Rao, sources said. After threadbare discussion, the meeting found lapses on the part of the multipurpose worker, who allegedly behaved in a highhanded manner with the woman refusing to hear the latter’s contention that she had already cleared the pending water bill.