• ASTC HQ's Divisional Accounts Officer was suspended for misleading the Transport Minister

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    ASTC HQ's Divisional Accounts Officer was suspended for misleading the Transport Minister

    According to the Managing Director, although Kakati responded to the show cause notice on July 8, it was deemed unsatisfactory, and as a result, he was suspended with immediate effect pending departmental proceedings.

    Digital Desk: Rajendra Kakati, a Divisional Accounts
    Officer at the ASTC headquarters, has been suspended for deceiving the
    Transport Minister during the latter's visit.



    The Managing Director of ASTC, Rahul Chandra Das, stated
    in an order issued to this effect here on Wednesday that Divisional Accounts
    Officer Kakati had received a show cause notice for deceiving Transport
    Minister Parimal Suklabaidya during the latter's visit to ASTC's Paltan Bazaar
    headquarters on July 6 of last year.



    According to the Managing Director, although Kakati
    responded to the show cause notice on July 8, it was deemed unsatisfactory, and
    as a result, he was suspended with immediate effect pending departmental
    proceedings.



    The order additionally noted that Kakati would not be
    eligible to receive any benefits, with the exception of the subsistence
    allowance allowed by the applicable rules, during the term of suspension.