Uttarakhand PWD Officer Transferred After Temple Ritual Order

An engineer in Uttarakhand ordered his staff to perform a traditional ritual at a temple to find a missing service book.

This involved asking staff to bring rice to the office and offering it at a temple.

The official has since been transferred and received a show-cause notice.

This action is considered unusual as it used an official government position to involve a religious practice, which is what led to the transfer.