Days after FIR was lodged against IAS Vikas Marmat for allegedly abusing and assaulting police personnel at a Bengaluru pub, the Andhra Pradesh government has transferred Marmat from the post of Kuppam Area Development Authority (KADA) Project Director with immediate effect. He is now directed to report to GAD for further posting.
The controversy prompted Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to seek a detailed report from Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad on the incident. The government subsequently transferred Marmat from KADA, where he had been overseeing development work in Kuppam, the Chief Minister's Assembly constituency.
According to G. Sai Prasad, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary, the Collector and District Magistrate of Chittoor district will make the necessary in-charge arrangements for the Project Director of KADA.
Vikas Marmat, a 2019-batch IAS officer, is a native of Rajasthan. He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and had served at various postions including Assistant Collector in Kadapa district, Sub Collector at Tekkali Sub Division, Srikakulam District and Municipal Commissioner of Nellore.
What is the case?
The case was registered at Cubbon Park police station. The complainant Police Inspector Arun Salunke of the Special Enquiry Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), reported that his team were inspecting the bar where the IAS and his friends were present, four men allegedly picked a quarrel with the police personnel.
“They allegedly used foul language, assaulted the inspector and his colleagues, and threatened them, besides obstructed the police from performing their duties,” the complaint stated.
An FIR has been registered under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Alok Mathur is a law graduate. Journalism is his first love which he now pursues in the latter half of his career. Controversies and crime are the right triggers for him.
