Click to play videoBhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended an IAS officer who was caught in a state of undress in his office with a man, who accuses him of sexual harassment.
CEO of a Bhopal district panchayat, Gyaneshwar Patil, was on Thursday allegedly caught by a group of mediapersons when he was with a panchayat employee in the office washroom.
"Patil has been sexually harassing me for a long time but I could not complain for I feared losing my job," the man told mediapersons.
Patil rejected the allegation. "It is a conspiracy against me," he said.
When asked by mediapersons as to what he was doing with his pants down, he said that he was in the washroom at the time the media barged in.
He insisted that he was being framed.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced Patil’s suspension on Friday and has ordered a probe.
"The IAS officer has been suspended and further investigations are on and suitable action would be taken," Chouhan said.
Patil is a 2003 batch IAS officer. The man who has accused him is a Panchayat Secretary in Beraisa, and used to directly report to Patil.
Both the accused and the victim have approached the police and investigations are on.
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