Days after transfer as Sagar SP, IPS officer Anurag Sujania resigns amid ongoing liquor row in M.P.
IPS officer Anurag Sujania has resigned following his transfer from the Sagar district, which occurred in the wake of a deadly hooch tragedy. Sources suggest the officer was dissatisfied with the transfer, viewing it as an unfair response to his handling of the crisis.
Why it matters
The resignation highlights internal friction within the police bureaucracy and the political pressure surrounding illicit liquor trade enforcement in Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal Just days after his transfer from Sagar Superintendent of Police (SP) post, IPS office Anurag Sujania has tendered his resignation from the service citing personal reasons. Mr. Sujania, along with Sagar Collector Pratibha Pal, was removed on October 27, over a month after a hooch tragedy killed more than 25 in the district. The bureaucratic reshuffle, however, came amid a more recent alleged hooch tragedy in Dewas with the government transferring the Collector and SP of the district. Mr. Sujania and then Dewas SP Punit Gehlot both had been attached to police headquarters in Bhopal as assistant inspector generals (AIGs) of police. Mr. Sujania, an IPS officer of the 2014 cadre, had been posted in Sagar in May. The police authorities are yet to accept his resignation. Even though an official word on the decision is awaited, sources in the police department confirmed Mr.
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