Araria agri officer shifted to Patna

PATNA: Araria district agriculture officer (DAO) Manoj Kumar has been transferred to Patna. According to a notification issued by the agriculture department on Saturday, Kumar has been posted as deputy director, training, at the department headquarters.
Kumar hogged the limelight when he asked a chowkidar to do sit-ups and apologize in full public view for asking the former to show his travel pass during the lockdown last week.
State agriculture minister Prem Kumar refuted the reports which appeared in a section of media (not TOI), that the DAO had been promoted and made deputy director in the department.“He (DAO) has been transferred to Patna from Araria so that he couldn’t influence the ongoing police investigation. An FIR was lodged with Araria town police station against him. Besides, departmental investigation will continue against him,” the minister told reporters in Gaya soon after reports of the DAO’s alleged promotion appeared on social media platforms.