A zonal officer was busted for watching a porn clip on his phone during the Bhopal Council Meeting on 20th January.

The meeting that was being chaired by Alok Sharma, Mayor of Bhopal had been called to discuss possibilities of converting Bhopal into a smart city. However, Anil Sharma the officer in charge of zone 10, had other priorities to attend to, which included watching a porn clip on his mobile.

After the incident was filmed, and reported, the Mayor promised that swift action would be taken.

According to an Indian Express report, the officer was suspended, following which there was a departmental inquiry and a ban on carrying mobiles during meetings.

“I am not a technical person. I was updating myself by checking various groups on my WhatsApp account when a porn video accidentally opened and I could not close it. I hardly watched it for one and a half minutes, not for two, three hours,’’ said Sharma in an interview.