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Senior IAS officer Jitendra Narain, accused of sexual assault, suspended by Centre

The action comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs received a report on October 16 regarding the sexual assault charges against the IAS officer.

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Senior IAS officer Jitendra Narain, accused of sexual assault, suspended by Centre
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Centre has suspended senior bureaucrat Jitendra Narain who has been accused of rape by a woman in Andamans and Nicobar Islands. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said it received a report on October 16 regarding the sexual assault charges against the 1990-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, from Andaman and Nicobar Police.

An FIR has been registered in the case and an SIT has also been formed under Andaman & Nicobar Police to investigate the matter. AGMUT refers to the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory cadre of the Centre's civil services. 

“As the report indicated the possibility of grave misconduct and misuse of official position on the part of Sh. Jitendra Narain, IAS (AGMUT:1990), the Union Home Minister directed to take immediate strict action against the officer concerned as per law. Accordingly, Sh. Jitendra Narain, IAS (AGMUT:1990) has been placed under suspension with immediate effect and disciplinary proceedings have been ordered against him,” the MHA said in a release.

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