Bareilly District Magistrate Raghvendra Vikram Singh (Source: Facebook) Bareilly District Magistrate Raghvendra Vikram Singh (Source: Facebook)Bareilly District Magistrate Raghvendra Vikram Singh, a 2005-batch IAS officer who has invited controversy over his recent Facebook post in the backdrop of communal violence in Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, is a blogger who has written articles for several Hindi dailies on a range of issues, and seems to be a regular on social media. READ | Behind Bareilly DM’s Facebook post, a tale similar to KasganjA state civic service officer, who has worked with Singh, on Tuesday said, “In general, in informal conversations with colleagues, he never made any controversial remark. Singh has earlier served as district magistrate of Shrawasti, and additional municipal commissioner in Varanasi and Kanpur. On Facebook, Singh made comments such as “nahin..hum ‘padmavat’ nahin dekhenge..kahin pasand aa gai to..! An official in Bareilly district administration said he had gone to Lucknow in connection with a case in High Court.

Source: Indian Express January 30, 2018 22:12 UTC