Woman IAS officer gets death threat from MP mining mafia

Bhopal: A woman IAS officer in Madhya Pradesh, Sonia Meena, has received a death threat from the mining mafia, following which her security has been beefed up.

Meena is at present posted as Additional District Magistrate and Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer in Umaria district of the state.

According to the officials close to her, she had got impounted sand-laden trucks of sand mafia Arjun Singh Bundela, earlier, when she was posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Rajnagar in Chhattarpur district. She has been allegedly threatened by the mafia since then.

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The woman officer, hailing from Rajasthan has written a letter to the Chief Secretary Basant Pratap Singh, mentioning the death threat issued to her and sought adequate security since she has to travel to Chhattarpur district to submit documents/evidence in court regarding the seizures.

Umaria District Magistrate Abhishek Singh said on Sunday that security to the woman officer of the Indian Administrative Service has been increased and adequate security will be provided to her during her Chhattarpur visits.