A legal battle has ensued between the two senior members of the Karnataka bureaucracy –IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil (IPS:2000:KN) and IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri (IAS:2009:KN) – attracting attention in both the media and political circles.
IPS officer Roopa Moudgil has filed a defamation case against her fellow IAS officer, Rohini Sindhuri, for making derogatory allegations against her in a public statement. In her petition Roopa Moudgil has requested the court to take criminal action against Sindhuri for defamation. The court has issued a notice to Sindhuri.
The matter cropped up after Rohini Sindhuri made a media statement allegedly making defamatory remarks about D. Roopa Moudgil. The statement was later shared on the social site X, where it was viewed by approximately 1.8 lakh people.
Roopa Moudgil has claimed that she suffered significant damage to her reputation due to the media statement. She has alleged that the statement caused immense mental distress to her family, including her sister, husband, and children.
Rohini Sindhuri was transferred from her position, with no new role assigned to her for a period of six months, and her salary was also withheld for that period.
