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IANS / Patna
Two Bihar bureaucrats, who took on powerful Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MPs Mohammed Shahabuddin and Sadhu Yadav, were Thursday transferred from their posts as district magistrates.
 
<b>Siwan District Magistrate C.K. Anil</b>, who has been on a collision course with Shahabuddin, has been moved as secretary of the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB).

<b>Governor Buta Singh also shifted Gopalganj district magistrate K.K. Pathak, who had ordered Sadhu Yadav not to enter the area during the February assembly polls to ward off trouble.</b>

"The move has been on the cards for the last few days. It was expected," said a senior official.

It has been a neat shuffle.

Anil, who has been on leave for the last two weeks, replaces Brajesh Malhotra as secretary of BSEB. Malhotra is the new district magistrate of Gopalganj.

Pathak takes over as vice-chairperson of the Patna Regional Development Authority (PRDA), replacing Santosh Kumar Mall who is now the new Siwan district magistrate.

Both Anil and Pathak hit the headlines in February this year when they stopped Shahabuddin and Sadhu Yadav respectively from entering their areas. Anil even banned Shahabuddin's entry into Siwan for six months and later conducted raids on his ancestral home.

<b>Anil had described Shahabuddin, who faces 40 criminal cases including murder, as a habitual offender.</b>

<b>As for Pathak, he demolished a boundary wall put up by Sadhu Yadav on a government land illegally.</b>

Sources said Anil had applied for deputation to Maharashtra a year ago and his request was likely to be acceded to. The state government has already cleared a similar move for his wife, Indian Police Service officer Shobha Ohatkar.

Sources said Pathak wanted to leave Gopalganj on health grounds.
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