INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Raipur: The collector of Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district, Ranbir Sharma, was eliminated from the post on Sunday after a viral video showed
him slapping a male and throwing his cellphone for supposed COVID-19 standards violation.Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released guidelines
for the removal of the IAS officer from the post
The collector along with some police officers on Saturday stopped the guy, determined as Aman Mittal (23 ), who was on his motorcycle, on a
roadway in Surajpur where the coronavirus-induced lockdown remains in force.In the video, the male can be seen showing a piece of paper and
something on his cellphone to the collector, who takes the device and tosses it on the ground.Sharma is then seen slapping the guy and
encouraging 2 police officers, who rush to the area and start hitting the male with sticks.The collector's act drew sharp criticism on
social networks platforms with people requiring his removal and registration of an FIR against him
The collector later apologised for his act
Chief Minister Baghel in a tweet in Hindi on Sunday stated, Through social networks, the case of misbehaviour of Surajpur Collector Ranbir
Sharma with a young man has actually come to my notification
It is extremely unfortunate and condemnable
In Chhattisgarh, such acts will not be tolerated at all
Guidelines have actually been offered to remove Sharma with instant result, he added.In another tweet, Baghel said such conduct was not
appropriate by any officer during his/her administrative period
I am upset with this occurrence
I apologise to the boy and his family, the CM tweeted
Not long after the CM's regulation, the state government transferred Sharma to the Mantralaya (secretariat) in Nava Raipur as joint
The President (CEO) of Raipur Zila Panchayat, Gaurav Kumar Singh, has actually been selected as the brand-new collector of
Surajpur.Meanwhile, the IAS Association strongly condemned Sharma's act
It is inappropriate - versus the standard tenets of the service - civility
Civil servants need to have empathy - supply a healing touch to society at all times, more so in these challenging times, the association
