Singapore:

A 46-year-old Indian-origin safety officer has been charged with giving false data to a public servant concerning the secure disposal of a pretend IED utilized in a simulation train which later induced a panic state of affairs within the space, in keeping with a media report.

Durendran Vicknesh Venkatraman was on January 5 tasked to eliminate an Improvised Explosive System (IED) which was utilized in a simulation train carried out by a safety company that day at Singapore’s Sing Industrial Advanced in Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park, The Straits Occasions newspaper reported.

Nevertheless, he failed to take action and the IED was later discovered deserted in a public place inflicting panic among the many folks and authorities.

As a result of state of affairs, the authorities had been compelled to deploy police assets and in addition bar at the least 100 folks from coming into the premises earlier than the merchandise was established to be a pretend IED, the report mentioned.

“He was alleged to eliminate the pretend IED after he obtained a name from the train group,” a senior police official was quoted as saying within the report. Additionally, when the authorities tried to connect with Venkatraman over the matter since he was absent for over 5 hours, he on his return lied to them that he had disposed of it.

Venkatraman’s case has been adjourned to April 30. If convicted of giving false data to a public servant, he could be jailed for as much as six months and fined as much as 5,000 Singaporean {dollars}.

For falsifying accounts, an offender could be jailed for as much as 10 years and fined.

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