Bareilly Magistrate Suspended For Indiscipline, Faces Inquiry

Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri resigned from service on Monday, citing deep disagreement with government policies, especially the new UGC regulations, which he said could foment caste-based discontent, officials said. He described the new University Grants Commission (UGC) rules as a “black law", alleging that they are vitiating the academic environment in colleges and should be withdrawn immediately.

The new regulations, introduced to stop caste-based discrimination in colleges and universities, ask institutions to set up special committees, helplines and monitoring teams to handle complaints, especially from SC, ST and OBC students.

Agnihotri, a 2019-batch Provincial Civil Service officer, sent his resignation by e-mail to Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Bareilly District Magistrate Avinash Singh, they said.