SIT probe against IAS officer for preaching about religion
The Hindu
U.P. orders investigation after video was widely shared on social media
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered a probe by a Special Investigation Team against a senior bureaucrat after a video of him allegedly preaching about a religion to a group of dozen-odd persons in a room surfaced on social media.
A 1985 batch IAS officer, Mohammad Iftikharuddin is currently posted in Lucknow as the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The video is allegedly said to be from the period he was posted in Kanpur and was reportedly shot in the official residence of the Commissioner, a post he had occupied then. From 2012 to 2018, the officer was posted in Kanpur in various capacities.
The Kanpur police had initially said the ADCP East Kanpur would probe the matter and find out if the video was authentic and “if any crime was committed.”
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