BENGALURU, 5 MARCH

Two days after IPS officer Vartika Katiyar was transferred after she complained against Inspector General of Police (Internal Security Division) D Roopa Moudgil, the state government also transferred the latter on Wednesday.

Moudgil, has now been posted as the managing director of Karnataka Silk Marketing Board Limited.

The two senior women officers were transferred after Katiyar complained against Moudgil on 20 February, accusing her of using police personnel to plant confidential documents related to other departments in her chamber. 

Katiyar was transferred and posted as deputy inspector general of police and additional commandant general of home guards and ex-officio additional director of civil defence, Bengaluru, on 3 March.

The controversy began when Katiyar accused Moudgil of “orchestrating” unauthorised access to her chamber to plant confidential files. Moudgil's office dismissed the allegations as baseless, saying that Katiyar has a history of making unfounded claims.

To support their argument, Moudgil's office cited an email sent on 28 February by Katiyar’s husband Niteen Subhash Yeola, an IFS officer, to the Chief Secretary of Karnataka. Salar News has the email.

In the email, Yeola accused Katiyar of misusing her authority and filing an FIR against him, accusing him of an acid attack. He said she pressured and threatened subordinate officials to register the FIR.

In response, Katiyar’s office said that this is a professional dispute and her personal life is being unfairly dragged into the matter. They said that Moudgil contacted Yeola, urging him to write to the Karnataka government and highlight legal cases against his wife, which is sub judice.

According to Katiyar, this move was an attempt to divert attention from the original complaint and bring her personal affairs into the public domain. She said that while a court injunction prohibits Yeola from disclosing personal matters publicly, Moudgil was collaborating with him to defame her.