Snitching on the job has left BMC medical officer of health (H-West ward) Dr Sudhir Salunkhe suspended from it. Salunkhe is in the dock for allegedly tipping off restaurant and eatery owners about the action his ward office was planning against them.

The suspension order, which will be in place until a departmental inquiry is completed against Salunkhe, was passed around 20 days ago by assistant municipal commissioner of H-West ward Sharad Ughade. According to a source, the civic body had received complaints from citizens about Salunkhe's tactics of tipping off eatery owners about BMC's impending action. Moreover, senior officials from H-West ward had also found cases where Salunkhe's role was suspicious. According to a BMC official, they found at least three to four such cases of restaurants being tipped off, which included eateries in the ONGC lane at Bandra Reclamation, where Salunkhe had leaked information on BMC action to benefit owners.