3 women from Telangana health dept suspended over TikTok video

Three women employees of a state-run-hospital were suspended on Saturday after a video showing them dancing to the tunes of some song, while on duty, went viral on TikTok.

Hyderabad:Three women employees in the Telangana state health department were suspended for indiscipline as they had allegedly shot a video of themselves dancing to some songs. The incident came to light after their video went viral on popular video sharing application TikTok.

The three employees — two junior assistants and a lab attendant — had been appointed on compassionate grounds following the death of their mothers, said an official.

On Friday, two students of physiotherapy undergoing training at a state-run hospital here were suspended after a video of them performing to film songs went viral.

Recently, as many as 11 outsourced employees working in the Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) had been issued stern warning after they were allegedly found filming videos on mobile app TikTok and chatting on different social media platforms during office hours.

Telangana Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali's grandson also "landed" himself in a controversy recently after a video shot on mobile app TikTok showed him sitting atop a police vehicle that went viral. The Minister had said he would look into the matter.

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