2014 batch woman IAS harassed in Delhi; IAS Association demands action against perpetrators of the “cowardly and dangerous attack”

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THREE days after a 2014 batch woman IAS officer was allegedly harassed in a court premise in Delhi’s Saket area, the IAS Association on Sunday said “action must be taken against the perpetrators of this cowardly and dangerous attack”. The incident took place on Thursday (January 10) when the woman IAS officer, presently posted in Mizoram, was allegedly harassed by a…

Are incidents of assaulting civil servants — the IAS officers in particular — increasing? Answer is: Yes

IAS officers, who wield immense power in the government and also in society at large, have begun to feel that they are being physically assaulted, and on while discharging their duties, with the perpetrators getting unpunished. The growing number of incidents have only confirmed that. First, let’s reproduce excerpts of the letter written on October 12 by Indian Civil and Administrative Services (Central) Association in solidarity with the IRS-IT officer,  Vikram Pagaria, who was assaulted last week during a tax raid in Madhya Pradesh:

IRS-IT officer Vikram Pagaria assaulted during IT raid in Madhya Pradesh; condemnations pour in

IN A shocking incident, Indian Revenue Service—Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Vikram Pagaria, was assaulted during a tax raid of an edible oil firm in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena on Wednesday. The assault by a group of men was allegedly led by Govind Bansal, father of the oil firm's proprietor. The I-T sleuths, however, managed to…

Safety in India’s Silicon Valley: When 2 motorcycle-borne men bully an IAS officer in the heart of Bengaluru

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THIS incident questions the safety of the citizens living in Bengaluru, dubbed as India’s Silicon Valley. The story is about Munish Moudgil, a 1998 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, who was allegedly bullied and assaulted by two motorcycle-borne men when the officer went out for jogging at night last week. Moudgil’s wife, D Roopa, is incidentally an IPS officer working as Bengaluru’s joint commissioner of police. It was past 11 pm on October 14, when Moudgil went out for…