Covid-19 lockdown: Show cause notice to 58 magistrates in Jamshedpur

Debasish Chatterjee | TNN | Apr 21, 2020, 21:31 IST

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JAMSHEDPUR: East Singhbhum district administration has served show cause notices to 58 magistrates for negligence of duty during the ongoing lockdown.
Sources said all the 58 special magistrates appointed to oversee the proper implementation of lockdown at various parts of the district were found absent or not performing their duty properly.
Sources added that as many as 22 magistrates heading special squads to enforce lockdown in the city area have been shifted, after complaints were received against them for not discharging their duties properly.
Notably, 62 magistrates have been given the task to keep a close vigil on the naka bandis (check points) at various parts of the city and entire district.
Teams have been formed to keep a check on the markets in urban and rural areas, where there are regular complaints of violation of social distancing rules.