Election Commission orders transfer DMs and SPs in 5 states

Rajkumar, who was DM of Bhojpur, and Ashutosh Kumar Verma, DM of Nawada, both 2010 batch officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS); and Pramod Kumar Yadav, SP of Bhojpur, and Ambrish Rahul, SP of Nawada, both Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of 2017 batch, were transferred with immediate effect, the people said.

The four officers were moved out following an April 1 letter by ECI secretary Sujeet Kumar Mishra that asked Bihar chief secretary Brajesh Mehrotra not to assign any election-related work to the officers till the completion of the Lok Sabha election, 2024, in the state.

Rajkumar joined as Bhojpur DM on May 11, 2022, Verma took charge as the Nawada DM on July 19, last year. Both SPs joined their respective districts on December 31, 2022.