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GOLAGHAT: A government employee named Biswajyoti Hazarika, lot mandal of Khumtai Revenue Circle in Golaghat, was placed under suspension on Monday. In an official order no. DDMA/GLT/249/2020/4, dated Golaghat July 20, 2020, the District Magistrate, Golaghat placed Biswajyoti Hazarika under suspension for violating COVID-19 protocol, considering serious violation u/s 51(b) of National Disaster Management Act, 2005.
His brother tested positive under RTPCR test of COVID-19 and has been kept under home quarantine. But Biswajyoti Hazarika wilfully attended office of the Khumtai Revenue Circle, concealing the fact of home quarantine of his brother. As his brother has tested positive for COVID-19, Biswajyoti Hazarika disobeyed government direction and jeopardized the lives of his colleagues as well as people at large.
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