This story is from November 14, 2019

​UP government removes Amethi DM Prashant Sharma for shoving slain BJP man's brother

The UP government on Thursday removed Amethi district magistrate for misbehaving with the brother of a slain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker in the district.
BJP leader's son murdered: Amethi DM misbehaves with brother of deceased
Video grab: District magistrate Prashant Sharma can be seen holding Sunil Singh by the collar
AMETHI: A day after he was rebuked by Union minister Smriti Irani for misbehaving with the brother of a slain BJP worker, Amethi district magistrate Prashant Sharma was removed from his post.
The directions to replace Sharma with Arun Kumar, vice-chairperson of the Moradabad Development Authority, was taken on Thursday morning.
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Irani's rebuke, reminding the 2012 batch DM that he was there to serve people, came in the light of a video which went viral on social media, showing Sharma roughing up Sunil Singh, a PCS trainee officer whose brother Vijay Kumar Singh alias Sonu, a BJP worker, was shot dead in Amethi on Tuesday in an extortion case.
Singh had been protesting the delay in carrying out a post-mortem and nabbing the killers.
Irani tagged the DM in her tweet saying, "Vinaysheel evam samvedansheel banein hum, yahi prayaas hona chahiye. Janata ke hum sevak hain, shaasak nahi @DmAmethi. (We should always try to be humble and caring. We are here to serve people not to rule.)"

In the video which went viral on social media, Sharma was seen grabbing Singh by his shirt and shoving him in front. Sharma can also be heard telling protesters to not overreact and demand instant action.

“Is zile ka sabse varishth adhikari yahan khada hai. Kya aapko pata hai us aadmi ke paas katta hai ke nahi? (The district’s most senior officer is standing here. Can you show if that man has a firearm?)” Sharma is heard saying.
On Wednesday evening Sharma claimed that video had been edited. A video statement by Singh was also released, in which he too claimed that the video was edited and the DM had actually helped him and his family in getting the case registered.
This is the second controversy involving Sharma in the last week. He was pulled up by the judge after he appeared late for a hearing by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court and had to tender an apology.
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