Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, May 2: An IAS officer, Mohammad Mohsin, has been served with a show cause notice for his tweet hailing Tablighi Jamaat 'heroes' for donating plasma towards treatment of others after they were healed of coronavirus infection.

Mohammed Mohsin had tweeted about the fact that over 300 members of the Tablighi Jamaat are donating their plasma to help treatment of others.

He had lamented the fact that the media will not highlight their noble and humanitarian gesture.

The officer, working as secretary in the department of backward classes welfare department, was served with the notice dated April 30 by the department of personnel administration and administration reforms in view of seriousness of the issue and sensitiveness involved. He has been asked to show cause in writing within five days from the date of notice as to why this action should not be construed as violation of Rule 7 of All India Services (Conduct) Rules 1968 and why provisions of All India Services (D&A) rules 1969 should not be invoked against him.

It may be recaled, the same IAS officer was suspended last year by the Election Commission for checking PM Narendra Modi’s helicopter.