IAS officer targeted for Thackeray name

PATNA In response to the attacks on North Indians in Maharashtra, a senior woman official, with the surname Thackeray, was the target of an angry mob that surrounded her office and shouted slogans against her in Purnia district of Bihar.

Ashwini Thackeray, a Bihar cadre IAS probationer, was the target of the ire of a 200-strong mob led by a local politician. The mob surrounded her office in Purnia, 350km from Patna, and shouted slogans like ‘Go back Maharashtrians’ and ‘Officer, we do not need your services’.

Thackeray, who is currently posted as subdivisional officer, downplayed the incident, saying she was not in office at the time.