Merely four days after Madhya Pradesh government removed IPS officer Anurag Sujania, from the post of Sagar superintendent of police (SP), he has submitted his resignation citing ‘personal reasons.
Sagar was transferred to the Police Headquarters (PHQ) in Bhopal as assistant inspector general (AIG) following the Banda hooch tragedy in Sagar district, which allegedly claimed at least 16 deaths due to consumption of illegally manufactured poisonous liquor.
The transfer order was issued on October 27 as part of a reshuffle involving the collectors and SPs of Sagar and Dewas districts.
The state government transferred both the district collector and the SP. Sujania was replaced by Sanjeev Kumar Sinha.
A 2014-batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Sujania is originally from Rajasthan. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs' IPS Civil List, he holds an MTech degree. He joined the IPS on December 2, 2014, and was confirmed in the service in December 2017
During his career, he has served as SP in several districts, including Tikamgarh, Mandsaur, Morena and Sagar.
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