BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has taken action against senior IAS and IPS women officers after their public squabbling escalated. Handicrafts Development Corporation MD and IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil and Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department and IAS officer Rohini Sinduri were transferred without posting. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had directed the chief secretary and the DGP to issue show cause notices to both of them and take action. Strict action was taken after this.

The ugly spat escalated on Sunday when Roopa shared private pictures of Rohini on Facebook. She claimed that Rohini had violated service conduct rules by sending her photos to male IAS officers. She alleged that Rohini had shared photos with three officers in 2021 and 2022.

Roopa had levelled corruption allegations against Rohini earlier. After this, seven private pictures were released. Rohini responded that Roopa is making false allegations and smear campaign against her. She collected images from social media to defame her. Their mental state is not right. If have sent pictures to the officials, prove it. Rohini had responded that is their standard and legal action will be taken.

The feud started when images of Rohini sitting with Janata Dal Secular MLA Sa Ra Mahesh in a restaurant recently went viral. The two had several public fights accusing each other of corruption when she was posted in Mysuru in 2021.