The District Magistrate of Tripura, Mr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav who was in the news for forcibly stopping a wedding ceremony while enforcing COVID-19 rules requested the Chief Secretary, Mr. Manoj Kumar to relieve him from his post of DM.
“The Government of Tripura has constituted a high-level Enquiry Committee to enquire into incidents which happened on the night of 26th April 2021 during marriage ceremonies being held in violation of Corona Night Curfew at Manikya Court & Golap Bagan, Agartala. In the interest of an impartial enquiry, I request for relinquishment of my charge as DM & Collector West Tripura District”, Mr Yadav’s letter read.
The Chief Secretary accepted the letter released the magistrate immediately. In his place, the director of industries and commerce, Ravel Hamendra Kumar took over as the district magistrate of West Tripura.
