Odisha Govt Engineer Allegedly Served Urine Instead Of Water, Probe Underway
In a deeply unsettling incident, a junior engineer posted at the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) office at R Udayagiri in Odisha’s Gajapati district, was allegedly served urine instead of drinking water by a peon
Bhubaneswar: In a deeply unsettling incident, a junior engineer posted at the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) office at R Udayagiri in Odisha’s Gajapati district, was allegedly served urine instead of drinking water by a peon. The matter, which occurred on the night of July 23, has triggered outrage and is currently under police investigation.
According to official sources, Sachin Gouda, who had joined the RWSS office just a day earlier on July 22, requested water after dinner. In response, peon Siba Narayan Nayak reportedly handed him a stainless steel bottle containing a suspicious liquid. Gouda and two other staffers, Ghana and Surya, consumed the liquid and raised concerns about its taste and smell.
Following the incident, a first information report (FIR) was lodged at R Udayagiri police station. A preliminary lab test detected 2.0 PPM (parts per million) of ammonia in the sample, raising suspicion of urine contamination. A second sample was sent to a lab in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati district headquarters, for confirmation. Gouda reportedly fell ill and was under medical treatment.
The complaint has also been forwarded to the Odisha Water Resources Directorate and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking strict action against the accused.
Describing the ordeal, Gouda told reporters, “After drinking from the bottle, I felt uneasy. Two colleagues also tried it and confirmed something was wrong.”
Peon Siba Narayan Nayak, however, denied the allegation.
“I had brought the water from an aqua guard machine and placed it in the junior engineer’s room along with his food. I don’t know what happened after that. I am innocent and have left everything to God,” he told the media.
