Baghel shifts collector who slapped youth
Rashmi.Drolia@timesgroup.com
Raipur:24.05.2021
Day after a video of Surajpur district collector Ranbir Sharma slapping a youth for violating lockdown protocol went viral, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel ordered his removal.
Sharma has been shifted to the secretariat as joint secretary while Gaurav Kumar Singh, a 2013 batch IAS officer, replaced him as Surajpur collector. While ordering Sharma’s removal, CM Baghel tweeted: “Such conduct is not acceptable in public life by any officer. I am upset with this incident. I apologize to the young man and his family.”
During Saturday’s lockdown Sharma encountered a youth, Aman Mittal, 23, who was out to get medicines for his grandmother and book a blood test for his brother. Mittal was stopped by cops, and the video showed Sharma slapping him while accusing him of recording the event. The collector threw his mobile phone on the ground and ordered cops to beat him.
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