Yogi Adityanath transfers Gautam Nagar DM, after he applies for leave

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the hotspot of the deadly infection in the state at Gautam Nagar and got angry at the District Magistrate BN Singh for failing to control the spread of coronavirus.

Announcing Singh's transfer, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary RK Tiwari told reporters that a departmental inquiry has also been initiated against him.

Special Secretary, Planning Suhas LY has been posted as the new District Magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar, the chief secretary said, adding that "he has left for Noida to take over charge".

"District Magistrate BN Singh has been removed and attached to the Board of Revenue. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against him. The infrastructure and industrial development commissioner has been asked to initiate the probe against him," Tiwari said.

Singh has been removed for his failure in carrying out work to control the spread of coronavirus, he said, adding that he wrote a leave application and leaked it to the media, which amounts to indiscipline.

District Magistrate Brijesh Narain Singh had written a letter to the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh government saying he does not want to continue on the post due to "personal reasons".

"Hence, relieve me from the post of the district magistrate and grant me three months earned leave and since in the present situation due to Covid-19 outbreak it is essential that no administrative laxity takes place, please appoint some other officer as the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar," Singh wrote in the letter, a copy of which was circulated in media.