Service terminated, Collector took action against officer in assault case

Kanker. The service of District Child Protection Officer (Contract) Reena Laria has been terminated by Collector Dr. Priyanka Shukla. It is worth mentioning that on June 04, 2023, a joint team of the Directorate, Women and Child Development Department, on receiving complaints of torture and abuse of children against the Specialized Adoption Agency, run by Pratigya Vikas Sansthan, Durg, District Headquarters, Kanker. Surprise inspection done. The complaint received against the organization has been confirmed in the inspection. According to the statement of Reena Laria, in the report presented by the investigation team regarding the incident, there is acceptance of information about the misbehavior with the children in the specialized adoption agency institution. Despite that, not informing the senior most officers for action clearly reflects his official responsibilities. In response to the show cause notice issued in connection with the incident, the reply submitted by Reena Laria was not found to be satisfactory and there was gross negligence in the discharge of her duties.

A complaint was also received on 30 May 2023 against District Child Protection Officer Reena Laria (contract). In this regard, on June 05, 2023, a letter was also received from the Office of the Chief Minister’s Residence, Government of Chhattisgarh for investigation, in which according to the complaint, the former employee (contract) of the Women and Child Development Department, even after resigning from the then post, in the year 2022- 23 Official cash book has been maintained. In the context of the complaint, an inquiry committee was formed by the collector’s office. In the inquiry report received from the committee, the complaint is confirmed by the statements given by Reena Laria and former employee (contract). Due to the above reasons, the service of Smt. Reena Laria, District Child Protection Officer (Contract) has been terminated by the Collector.