SIT Constituted To Submit The Findings Within A Week
The role of a senior IAS for his alleged preaching in connection with promotion and encouragement of conversion at his official residence has come under scanner. Yogi Aditynath Government has constituted a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the role of the concerned IAS officer.
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According to Home Department SIT will be headed by DG CBCID GL Meena. “Additional DG Kanpur Zone Bhanu Bhaskar is also in the SIT and it is expected to submit its report within a week” said the official communique.
The controversy is related with a video dating back to SP regime when 1985 batch IAS officer Iftikharuddin was posted as divisional commissioner of Kanpur. Iftikharuddin is currently posted as chairman of Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation(UPSRTC).
According to the video doing the rounds in social media the senior IAS officer accompanied by several Muslim clerics is seen while areligious preacher is advocating conversion besides other religious preachings.
According to Police Commissioner Kanpur Aseem Arun the Additional Police Commissioner (East) Somendra Meena has been given the task to verify the authenticity of the circulated video.
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The Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya asserted that appropriate action will be taken against the guilty in accordance with the inquiry report.
