Seven employees of the health department, who had organized a party with alcoholic beverages at their office on the Vaccine Depot premises in Tilakwadi, Belagavi, on Gandhi Jayanti day (October 2), have been suspended.
The individuals involved in this incident have been identified as Manjunath Patil, the car driver for the district health officer, along with Mahesh Hiremath, Satyappa Tammannavar, Anil Tippannavar, Ramesh Naik, Yallappa Munavalli, and Deepak Gavade.
A video capturing these employees indulging in the party at their office during nighttime recently went viral on social media.
In response to this, District Health Officer Mahesh Koni stated, “Although the video is not recent, the employees who have been suspended are indeed from our department.”