Live! Akhilesh: IAS Durga's suspension justified
August 01, 2013  13:10
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has defended his government's action against IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. "Action wasn't taken against her for her stand against the sand mafia. She ordered the demolition of a wall around a mosque, built by a Muslim family, which was wrong and unacceptable. She manhandled a potentially communally sensitive situation and the government did the right thing by suspending her," said Akhilesh.

28-year-old Durga Shakti Nagpal, a 2009-batch IAS officer from Punjab cadre, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, was suspended ostensibly for ordering demolition of wall of a mosque without following the legal process.

The IAS association has conveyed its serious concerns to the officiating chief secretary and demanded that the suspension order be immediately withdrawn.
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