Under the bogus sponsorship allegations for obtaining jobs in the Ahmedabad fire department, the officials will have to submit a defence (bachavnaamu) within a week amid ongoing vigilance inquiries.
Among the officials who received the notice are divisional fire officers Om Jadeja, Faizal Dastur, Inayat Sheikh, Station Officer Aniruddh Gadhvi, Regional Fire Officer Abhijit Gadvi, Mehul Gadvi, Shubham Khadiya, and Sudhir Gadhvi.
After receiving all the defence documents, the AMC will demand final orders from Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasen’s approval for the industrial department.
Meanwhile, the opposition has demanded action from the municipal commissioner regarding the functioning of Chief Fire Officer JN Khadiya under sponsorship allegations.
Leaders of the opposition have also submitted applications to the commissioner to take regular actions on those who do not hold or renew fire non-objection certificate (NOC) instead for 2-4 days.
After the Rajkot TRP game zone fire incident that claimed 28 lives, the authorities in Ahmedabad have come into action.