Librarians and official suspended in connection with book purchase for Periyar Aruvulagam in Coimbatore
S. Kamatchi, Chief Librarian and Information Officer (in-charge), Deputy Chief Librarian, Anna Centenary Library (ACL), Chennai, Dinesh Kumar were suspended including others
Periyar Arivulagam in Coimbatore. File
Four librarians and a Chief Accounts officer have been suspended in connection with irregularities in the purchase of books for the Periyar Aruvulagam in Coimbatore. They were part of the coordinating committee and price negotiating committee.
The officials are S. Kamatchi, Chief Librarian and Information Officer (in-charge), Deputy Chief Librarian, Anna Centenary Library (ACL), Chennai, Dinesh Kumar, Chief Librarian and Information Officer (in-charge), Kalaignar Centenary Library, Madurai, V. Santhanakrishnan, Librarian and Information Officer, Kalaignar Centenary Library, Madurai, and in-charge of Periyar Library, Santhana Karthikeyan, Librarian and Information Officer, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai and J. Juliet, Chief Accounts Officer, Directorate of Public Libraries.
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