MP: Collector, SP of flood-hit Sheopur transferred after locals mob Union minister

Sunday, 8 August 2021Newsdesk

The Madhya Pradesh government transferred Sheopur’s collector and superintendent of police on Sunday, a day after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was mobbed by angry locals during his visit to flood-hit parts of the district.

New Delhi, 08 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, On Saturday, when Tomar visited Karatia Bazaar in Sheopur city, which is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency represented by the minister, people jeered at him and were heard saying he had come too late. Some people threw mud and small dry sticks at the vehicles in his convoy, eyewitnesses had said. In an order issued on Sunday morning, the Madhya Pradesh government shifted Sheopur district Collector Rakesh Shrivastava as the deputy secretary in the state secretariat. Shivam Verma, who is currently the commissioner of the Gwalior Municipal Corporation, has been made the new collector of Sheopur.

Source -indianexpress.com