West Bengal: DM, who thrashed man inside police-station, gets transferred
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Alipurduar District Magistrate, Nikhil Nirmal, who courted controversy after a video went viral, in which he was seen thrashing a man inside a police station for allegedly making lewd comments at his wife on a social media platform, has been transferred. Nirmal has been transferred to the post of managing director of the state Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation Ltd. Here's more.
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Video goes viral, DM faces strict action for his deed
The District Magistrate of West Bengal’s Alipurduar, Nikhil Nirmal, was sent on leave on Monday after a viral video in which he, along with his wife, were seen beating a person inside a police station. pic.twitter.com/CV0W2OypzP
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DM, his wife beat the man in front of Inspector-in-Charge
The 2011-batch IAS officer had earlier been asked to go on leave for 10 days after the video surfaced on Monday. Subhanjan Das will be the new Alipurduar DM, a senior West Bengal government official said yesterday. In the video that went viral, Nirmal and his wife were seen beating up the man inside Falakata police station in the presence of the Inspector-in-Charge (IC).
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Human Rights organizations demand action against the District Magistrate
The IAS officer and his wife were also heard hurling abuses at the man in the video that went viral. Various human rights organizations had strongly condemned the incident and demanded action against the DM and the IC of Falakata Police Station.