New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena has directed the vigilance department to initiate "major penalty" proceedings against an assistant divisional officer (ADO) of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) for allegedly submitting a false inspection report regarding the installation of lifts at a cinema-cum-commercial complex in northwest Delhi's Azadpur.

Saxena also ordered a vigilance probe against former DFS director Atul Garg over his alleged misconduct in the same matter, a statement issued by the LG's office said on Wednesday.

According to the statement, ADO Chuttan Lal Meena allegedly prepared two inspection reports on August 3 and October 25, 2022, mentioning that four passenger lifts were installed at the Akash Cinema C...