‘Strip test’ probe panel gets extension

Surat: The time limit of inquiry committee looking into the controversial medical examination for fitness certificate of women probationary clerks of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been extended by seven days on Saturday.
An official communiqué issued by SMC’s public relation department announced this.
The communique stated that in-charge medical superintendent of SMIMER has sought the procedure of medical examination being followed in the government hospital at Ahmedabad. Since the details about this are yet to be received, the inquiry, which is in its last stage, could not be completed.
A three-member committee was formed by municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani after the employee's union on February 20 sent him a letter complaining about the test. The committee started inquiry from February 24. The original time limit for inquiry was 15 days.