IAS officer removed by EC before polls reinstated as Ranchi deputy commissioner

Fri Nov 29 06:28:26 UTC 2024: ## Jharkhand Chief Minister reinstates officials removed by Election Commission

**Ranchi, Jharkhand –** Hemant Soren’s return as Jharkhand Chief Minister has resulted in the immediate reinstatement of two key officials previously removed by the Election Commission (EC) before the recent Assembly elections. Manjunath Bhajantri, a 2011 batch IAS officer, has been reappointed as Ranchi District Deputy Commissioner (DC). He was removed on October 15th following a BJP complaint. Similarly, IPS officer Anurag Gupta has been reinstated as Jharkhand DGP, having been removed due to concerns about past election-related misconduct. The EC had appointed Ajay Kumar Singh as acting DGP in his place. These moves come hours after Mr. Soren’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. The article also notes a previous conflict between Mr. Bhajantri and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, resulting in an FIR that was later quashed by the Jharkhand High Court.