Jodhpur, January 24: A woman IAS officer was allegedly attacked by some youths who also misbehaved with her when she was reviewing preparations for ongoing Panchayat polls in the district.
The incident happened yesterday at Naino ke Dhani when SDM (Jodhpur) Anandhi was reviewing arrangements for round two of the Panchayat elections in Rajasthan, police said.
During her visit to the area, the SDM spotted a jeep outside a house, they said adding the vehicle, which had election posters pasted on it, had no registration number.
When the 28-year-old SDM enquired about the vehicle’s owner, some youths came out of the house.
When she asked them to produce documents of the jeep and remove the posters, the suspects allegedly hurled abuses at her and manhandled the officer, police said.
The youths also thrashed the guard of the SDM before fleeing, they said.
–Agencies