Stampede: Four officials in Patna transferred

Two days after the stampede that left 33 dead, the Bihar government today transferred four top officials here with effect from October seven.
Those shunted out were Patna Divisional Commissioner N Vijaylaxmi, DIG Patna Range Ajitabh Kumar, Patna District's District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj , an official notification said.
Vijaylaxmi has been replaced with Tirhut Divisional Commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal. She has been asked to report to the General Administration (GA) Department till further orders, it said.
The state government has also shifted Patna's District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and asked him to report to the DA Department till his next posting.

Verma has been replaced with East Champaran District Magistrate Abhay Kumar Singh.
The state government has also shunted out Patna District's SSP Manu Maharaj and replaced him with his Muzaffarpur counterpart Jitendra Rana. Rana's place in Muzaffarpur will be taken by Ranjit Kumar Mishra, who is the SP (Special Branch, Security) at the Police Headquarters.
Patna Range's Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajitabh Kumar too has been transferred and replaced with Upendra Kumar Sinha, who is the SP (Railway) in Patna.