'Collector Bro' Among 2 Kerala IAS Officers Suspended For Indiscipline
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K Gopalakrishnan, a 2013-batch officer, has been suspended for creating a WhatsApp group named "Mallu Hindu Officers" last month.
The Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala has suspended two officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on disciplinary grounds. K Gopalakrishnan, director of Industries and Commerce, faced the action over a religion-based WhatsApp group for government officials. N Prashanth, Agriculture Development and Farmers' Welfare department's special secretary, was suspended after he criticised and made serious allegations against a senior officer.
According to officials, the Chief Minister has taken action against the officers following a report by Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan.
Mr Gopalakrishnan, a 2013-batch officer, has been suspended for creating a WhatsApp group named "Mallu Hindu Officers" last month. Following a row, the IAS officer had claimed that his phone was hacked. According to officials, a forensic examination of the phone did not establish that it was hacked and found that the phone was formatted amid the row.
