THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ongoing spat between the IAS officers is once again intensifying. IAS officer N Prasanth, special secretary in the agriculture department, came with a Facebook post mentioning a famous dialogue of Mohanlal from the film Lucifer.

Prasanth posted a photo on his Facebook page of an agricultural weeder machine developed by KAMCO. The IAS officer mentioned a dialogue from Mohanlal’s film Lucifer in which he says that he is a 'farmer out to remove weeds’, in an apparent reference to his move to expose the 'wrongdoings' of his senior.

While praising the benefits of KAMCO's weeder machine, he said not to worry about 'weeds' that destroy farmlands anymore as the best weeder has arrived.

He had also shared the picture of the machine plucking weeds. Reports said disciplinary action will be taken against Prasanth for raising criticisms against K Gopalakrishnan, director, industrial department, in the Mallu Hindu WhatsApp Group controversy and senior officer Jayathilak. He came to the fore with the post amidst this. The chief secretary had yesterday submitted a report against Prasanth.