Engineer quits, citing threats by BSP legislator
February 21st, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) An engineer of the Uttar Pradesh irrigation
department Saturday sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister
Mayawati following alleged extortion bids by a legislator of the
ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Seeking to draw the chief minister's attention to "repeated demands
for money" by Bhimrao Ambedkar, who represents Lakhna assembly
constituency in Etawah district, executive engineer Shiv Das said
Ambedkar warned him that he would meet the fate of Manoj Kumar Gupta
if he did not comply.
Gupta, an executive engineer of the public works department, was
allegedly beaten to to death by BSP legislator Shekhar Tiwari in the
neighbouring Auraiya district in 2008.
"That is why I have chosen to resign from service rather than meet a
gory end," Das wrote in the letter, copies of which were sent to the
state irrigation minister and irrigation secretary.
Das also spoke out against the legislator before local journalists in
Etawah Saturday evening.
While the chief minister was in New Delhi, bureaucrats declined to
comment on the issue.
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