A video capturing an internal virtual meeting among electricity department employees from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district has gone viral, igniting outrage on social media and raising concerns about the handling of non-paying customers. The video, widely circulated online, shows an explosive exchange between Dheeraj Jaiswal, an officer of Power Corporation in Saharanpur, and other employees, over non-payment of bills by customers.
In the clip, an electricity department employee is heard expressing frustration over customers dodging payments, some even reportedly relocating to different states to evade their dues. "The locks are always closed. No one lives in the houses. Some are living in Haryana, some are living somewhere else," the employee says, detailing how elusive some of these residents have become.
Jaiswal’s response, however, has left people stunned. The Superintending Engineer, in an apparent fit of impatience, interjects with a shocking directive, “Set the house on fire.”
बिजली कर्मचारी : ताला बंद रहते हैं। घरों में कोई रहते नहीं है। कोई हरियाणा, कोई कहीं रह रहे हैं...
— Sachin Gupta (@SachinGuptaUP) November 13, 2024
अधीक्षण अभियंता : घर में आग लगा दो
ये सहारनपुर, यूपी में पॉवर कॉरपोरेशन के अफसर धीरज जायसवाल हैं। कह रहे हैं कि कोई ग्राहक बिजली बिल जमा न करे तो आग लगा दो।@riyaz_shanu pic.twitter.com/CICCLkXQGt
Jaiswal's statement has sparked intense backlash and raised questions about the ethics and attitude of officials in positions of power, with some even demanding his suspension.
क्या जेई साहब तो उत्तर प्रदेश मुख्यमंत्री के नक्से कदम पर चल रहे हैं? एक तो बुलडोजर दूसरा यह घर में आग लगाने का नियम।
— Abhimanyu Singh Journalist (@Abhimanyu1305) November 13, 2024
सर्वोच्च न्यायालय बुलडोजर के लिए कड़ी मनाही करेगा तो ये लोग घरों में आग लगाना शुरू कर देंगे।
— 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 ✰❃ (@Simply_Krishna) November 13, 2024
अधिकारियों को ऐसी सोच से बाहर निकलना चाहिए
— yadav.Manoj (@yadevManoj2) November 13, 2024
राजा को कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता
— खुरपेंची साम्राज्य (@khurpench_King) November 13, 2024
साम्राज्य जल जाए
इसके लिए राजा ने इनको रखा हैं
कितने निरंकुश हो गए हैं देख रहे हैं कि सरकार बुलडोजर चला रही है यो हम आग लगा देंगे । इस आदमी को नौकरी से बर्खास्त कर देना चाहिए
— dhirendra (@pandeydhirendra) November 13, 2024
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