Karwar: Deputy commissioner of Karwar district S S Nakul has issued a notice to a government official and also suspended a driver of his vehicle for dereliction of duty here on February 21.
Following Assembly elections this year, the deputy commissioner had directed the District Backward Class Welfare Officer Basavaraj Badigera to release his vehicle to provide security to the vehicles carrying EVM machines from Gujarat. But the officer defied the order and left for another place along with the driver.
Hence, the DC has issued a notice to the official asking him to clarify on the same and also suspended the driver.
