Bareilly magistrate suspended for indiscipline, faces inquiry amid resignation row

BAREILLY/LUCKNOW (UP): (Jan 27) The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri on charges of indiscipline after he resigned from service in protest against government policies, especially the new UGC rules, triggering a major administrative and political controversy.

Agnihotri has now been attached to the office of the Shamli district magistrate, according to an order issued on Monday night.

Agnihotri, a 2019-batch Provincial Civil Service officer, had tendered his resignation on Republic Day citing deep disagreement with government policies, especially the new University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, which he claimed could foment caste-based discontent and vitiate the academic environment.