WB-DM-TRANSFER

The West Bengal government

Thursday transferred the District Magistrate of Alipurduar,

Nikhil Nirmal after a video surfaced in which Nirmal was seen

thrashing a man in a police station for allegedly making lewd

comments at his wife on a social media platform.

Nirmal has been transferred to the post of managing

director of the state tribal development cooperative

corporation limited, a senior official said Thursday.

Subhajan Das was named the new District Magistrate of

Alipurduar, he added.

In the video that went viral, Nirmal and his wife were

seen beating up the man inside the Falakata police station in

the presence of the Inspector-in-Charge (IC).

Nirmal was asked to go on leave for 10 days after the

video surfaced on Monday.

The state government also transferred Mahua Banerjee

as commissioner of the Health and Family Welfare department in

place of Das, the officer said.

Banerjee was earlier commissioner in the Information

and Cultural Affairs department and CEO of the Nandan.