A horrific incident took place at the District Collector’s office in Puducherry when District Magistrate, Ms Purva Garg was served with a mineral bottle mixed with colourless toxic liquid. The incident took place on 6 January during an official meeting at the chamber of Ms. Garg.
Acting upon the incident, Suresh Raj, Special Officer of the Puducherry Department of Revenue and Disaster Management wrote a complaint to the Station House Officer alleging that a poisonous liquid was served to the District Collector at her own chamber during an official meeting by the personal staff.
Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Ms. Kiran Bedi was shocked after this incident took place as she tweeted, “Puducherry Collector Purva Garg IAS, gets served ‘toxic’ colourless liquid by her personal staff in her office, as bottled drinking water. FIR registered. DGP Balaji Srivastva IPS, has ordered for a special investigation into this reported crime.”
As per the letter signed by the Special Officer, a one litre bottle of water was served to the District Collector by the personal staff at around 11:45 am. The letter read, “Around 11:45 am during an official meeting held in the chamber of district Collector, Puducherry, the water bottle served to the collector cabin by the personal staff is found to be containing a toxic, colourless liquid instead of water”
