Didn’t resign out of fear: Raaj Kumar Anand
Anand, talking to reporters on Thursday, further claimed that the probe agency had said that nothing was found against him during the raid.
Sasikanth Senthil, the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district, has resigned from the Indian Administrative Services on Friday, saying that “fundamental building blocks of diverse democracy are being compromised in unprecedented manner.” Therefore he finds it “unethical” to continue as civil servant.
The Karnataka cadre IAS officer wrote in his letter, “The coming days would present extremely difficult challenges in the basic fabric of the Nation. As such it would be better to be outside IAS to continue his work.”
Though he gave a clarification in his resignation that, “his decision is purely a personal one.”
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The 2009 batch IAS officer hails from Tamil Nadu and is 40 years old. He has earlier served in Shimoga, Raichur and other districts before taking charge in Dakshina Kannda two years ago. He is an engineering graduate.
Last month, IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, also resigned from civil services stating that denial of “freedom of expression” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir was not acceptable to him, has been asked to resume duty and continue to work till his resignation is accepted.
Gopinathan was the secretary, power department of the Union Territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. He submitted his resignation to the Home Ministry on August 21. The Personnel Department of Daman and Diu has now asked him to attend the office till it is accepted.
Setting the trend, Shah Faesal, the former IAS officer from Kashmir also resigned from his post in January, to protest “unabated” killings in Kashmir and the of diminishing of Indian Muslims from the Indian mainstream.
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