Uproar over SDM's suspension

Uttar Pradesh IAS Association's emergency meeting over suspension of the Noida SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal got underway on Monday (July 29). She was suspended after she took on the mining mafia. A 2009-batch IAS officer posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar in September last year, 28-year-old Durga Shakti Nagpal was penalised ostensibly for the demolition of a wall at a disputed place of worship. She had led a crackdown on unauthorised mining in the district and got over two dozen FIRs registered against those involved in illegally removing sand.