Bengaluru: Even as the inquiry into the alleged suicide of Nanjangud in-charge Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra has begun, the Karnataka IAS Officers’ Association has said the act of lodging an FIR against Mysuru Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prashanth Kumar Mishra (now transferred without posting) has brought down the morale of field officers and argued that such acts will deteriorate the administrative efficiency and effectiveness.
While terming the alleged suicide as unfortunate, the Association said it was unjust to hold senior officers responsible for it. Acting on a complaint from Dr. Nagendra’s father, the FIR was registered by Alanahalli Police in Mysuru against the ZP CEO under Section 306 of the IPC (abetment to suicide).
