The district magistrate, who hadgiven a clean chit to suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal in the controversial demolition of a mosque wall in Gautam Budh Nagar, has been transferred, amid reports that she may be reinstated by UP government.

Ravikant Singh, who was Gautam Budh Nagar DM, has beenput on the wait list, days after he supported Nagpal, the28-year-old SDM who led the crackdown on sand mining mafia in her district and was suspended on July 27 ostensibly for ordering demolition of a wall of a under-construction mosque allegedly without following due process.

Singh had in his report to the UP government supported Nagpal, whose suspension had sparked outrage, and said that the wall was demolished by villagers themselves and no JCB machine was put in operation to demolish it.