CM Shivraj suspends Indore official after IMC workers caught 'dumping' homeless elderly

Mhya Presh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday suspended an Indore Municipal Corporation official after videos of homeless people being driven out of city and dropped near a vill in biting cold went viral on social media. IMC Deputy Commissioner Pratap Solanki was placed under suspension and attached to Urban Development Directorate in Bhopal, while two civic staff were dismissed from service, PTI quoted officials as saying.

'Inhuman treatment will t be tolerated' 

"Inhuman treatment towards elderly will t be tolerated at any cost. Every d person should get respect, love and hour. This is our culture and also human religion," CM Chouhan said in a tweet in Hindi.

A disturbing video of incident, shot by locals was widely shared online which shows  municipal team trying to unlo homeless people off a truck parked on side of highway. However, y were forced to bring m back after villrs in Kshipra area ticed m and refused to let elderly people be abandoned in bitter cold.

"We have established Rain Baseras (shelters) for homeless and will probe into why se elderly people were t sent re. We have also sacked two contractual employees in this connection," Abhay Rajangaonkar, Indore Municipal Corporation's ditional Commissioner told ANI.

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'Officials working according to BJP's ideology?': Congress

Congress attacking ruling BJP government in state over incident. "In name of cleanliness, officials of Indore Municipal Corporation left elderly in cold. w, what should poor officials do... y are working according to ideology of BJP? As BJP left many elderly leers... like vaniji, Joshiji, Yashwant Sinha," Congress spokesperson Narendra Saluja said.

Indore h won "cleanest city" award for four consecutive years as decided by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Indore is looking to win "cleanest city" award for a fifth consecutive year, ANI reported.

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(With ncy inputs)