On Camera, Bihar Bureaucrat Abuses Junior Officer, Threatens Him
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The senior bureaucrat also makes personal attacks on the Deputy Collector and keeps abusing him despite the junior officer apologising to him in the presence of the other officials.
A senior IAS officer in Bihar has been captured on camera verbally abusing a junior officer on probation during a review meeting in his department. In the video, which has been widely shared online, IAS officer KK Pathak is also seen venting out his anger at the people of the state for not following traffic rules. The Bihar Administrative Service Association (BASA) has condemned the conduct of the officer and has demanded his removal from service.
"The people here are like that. In Chennai, people follow rules. Have you seen anyone following traffic rules here? They even keep honking at a red light," Mr Pathak, Principal Secretary of the Prohibition Department in the Government of Bihar, is seen saying at a meeting.
The senior bureaucrat also makes personal attacks on the Deputy Collector and keeps abusing him despite the junior officer apologising to him in the presence of the other officials.
According to reports, IAS officer KK Pathak was upset over a complaint filed against him for ill-treatment of the probationer Deputy Collector. The complaint was filed by BIPARD (Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development) in Gaya in November.