IAS officer Ajay Singh Gangwar and Barwani district Collector, who praised the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a Facebook post, was transferred by Madhya Pradesh government Thursday night. Ajay Singh Gangwar’s transfer order did not mention anything about his Facebook post on Nehru, a state Public Relations department official said. However, his transfer order did not mention anything about his Facebook post on Nehru, the official added. Ever since the Facebook post had gone viral, there were talks that Gangwar could be shunted out of the district any time. “The state government has transferred Barwani Collector Gangwar as Deputy Secretary in the Mantralaya in Bhopal,” a state Public Relations department official said.

Source: Indian Express May 27, 2016 00:42 UTC