48 IAS officers transferred in major administrative shake-up in Rajasthan
Jaipur (PTI) The Rajasthan government has carried out a major administrative reshuffle, transferring 48 IAS officers including Chief Minister's Additional Chief Secretary (ACS).
The administrative reshuffle was carried out on Friday night and is the first transfer list after Chief Secretary V Srinivas took charge recently.
ACS Shikhar Agrawal has been moved out of the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) and posted as ACS-Industries. Meanwhile, Akhil Arora, who was the ACS-Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), has been appointed as the new ACS to the Chief Minister.
Praveen Gupta will continue as ACS-Public Works Department and has been given additional responsibilities. He will now also serve as ACS for Tourism, Art and Culture; Chairperson of RTDC, and CEO of the Amer Development Authority.
Alok Gupta, who was serving as Principal Secretary, Industries and BIP, has been appointed Chairman of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board.
Shikhar Agrawal will take over the Industries Department from him.
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) Managing Director Purushottam Sharma has also been given the additional charge of Transport Commissioner.
Rajesh Yadav, Principal Secretary, Tourism and Art and Culture, has been shifted as Director General of HCM RIPA.
Principal Secretary Medical and Health Gayatri Rathore will now also hold the charge of Principal Secretary, Medical Education, in addition to Medical and Health. Dinesh Kumar has been shifted from Principal Secretary, Revenue, to the Administrative Reforms Department.
Naveen Jain has been transferred from Finance (Expenditure) and posted as Secretary, General Administration Department, Cabinet Secretariat, Protocol, and as Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
Other IAS officers transferred in the list issued by the department of personnel include Ravi Jain, Manju Rajpal, Bhawani Singh Detha, Jogaram, Suchi Tyagi, Rajan Vishal, Archana Singh, Rohit Gupta and Gaurav Saini.
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Fresh case registered against activist Snehamayi Krishna
Bengaluru PTI): A fresh FIR has been registered against social activist Snehamayi Krishna for making defamatory statements against a woman.
Basaveshwara Nagar Police Station registered a First Information Report against Krishna on Saturday.
According to the FIR, complainant Pavithra B N (37) alleged that a letter dated December 5 was delivered to her residence, in which Snehamayi Krishna made defamatory allegations regarding the death of her husband and against her advocate, Raghu.
The letter also indicated that a complaint had been submitted to the Mahalakshmipuram Police Station seeking reinvestigation into her husband’s death.
The complainant further alleged that a threatening note was enclosed with the letter, pressuring her to withdraw cases filed against a man named Mylaraappa.
She stated that the mobile number of the person exerting pressure was mentioned in the letter.
Pavithra claimed that the alleged actions had caused severe distress to her family, disrupted her children’s education, created unrest at home and deprived them of peace.
She also accused the persons named in the complaint of using abusive language and issuing life threats.
Police initially registered a non-cognisable report.
After Pavithra obtained permission from the 24th ACMM Court to initiate criminal proceedings, an FIR was formally registered against Snehamayi Krishna and Mylaraappa as per the court’s direction.
Krishna has previously been in the news for lodging complaints and making allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi B M, and others for obtaining Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) alternative sites (plots) against the rules.
The Lokayukta police which investigated the matter filed a closure report, which the special court of public representatives admitted.
On Thursday, he also levelled accusations against Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh along with a Karnataka Administrative Services (KAS) officer D B Natesh, the former MUDA Commissioner.
Shalini Rajneesh's office rejected the charges categorically and termed his accusations "defamatory".
On Saturday he apologised for making allegations against the Chief Secretary.
