Going Viral: IAS officer’s arrogance caught on camera

During his visit, Sonkar, who is the sub-divisional magistrate of Ramanujganj in Balrampur district, was caught on camera standing with his left foot resting on the steel rail of a hospital bed while talking to a mother of a sick child.

The picture of the officer has gone viral on social media. The IAS officer is facing online flak after a picture showing him standing and talking to a sick child’s mother with his left foot resting on the steel rail of a hospital bed. 

After the image went viral, netizens rechristened the IAS as ‘India’s Arrogant Service’. As soon as Sonkar’s picture went viral on social platforms, he started receiving criticism for his uncivil manner of treating poor. Even after facing fierce criticism, Sonkar showed no remorse for the controversy around his picture. 

“My action was unintentional and avoidable,” he told a leading media daily. Chief Minister Raman Singh took a note of the incident and assured that he would instruct the chief secretary to teach him manners.