Lucknow: Even as suspended Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who took on the sand mining mafia in Gautam Budh Nagar, is to be served a chargesheet by the Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly mishandling a communally sensitive situation, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said that everyone has a right on the natural resources.
"Ram naam ki loot hai loot sako to loot (You are allowed to loot in the name of lord Ram)," said Khan on Wednesday in Rampur while speaking on the suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal.
Durga Shakti Nagpal, during her tenure as the sub-divisional magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, had cracked down on the sand mining mafia. She had recently seized 24 lorries involved in illegal mining and form April to June, under her watchful eye, the mining department impounded 297 vehicles and collected a fine of over Rs 80 lakh.
But she was suddenly suspended with the state government claiming that she had mishandled a communally sensitive situation in the district. The state administration says the process of chargesheeting the officer will be as per law. The chargesheet is not the same as the police file after an FIR as she has no case against her; it is simply an administrative procedure.
According to the Uttar Pradesh government, it is only after she is served a chargesheet, can Durga Shakti Nagal give an official explanation of her actions.
The UP govt further claims that any decision on the IAS officer's future will be taken only after receiving her response.
Even the IAS association claims she is being punished for taking on taking on the sand mining mafia.
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