The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is faced with an unrest among junior officers over its handling of the deaths of two officers posted in missions abroad. Trilok Chopra, Attache in charge of Consular, ITEC and Education in the Indian High Commission in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, fell to his death from his tenth storey residence in an upscale neighbourhood of the Tanzanian capital on June 20. Over the past week, posts criticising the MEA's functioning began to appear in a group named "IFS B-Z" on Facebook and they spread to many other Facebook 'locations.' The criticism became stronger after Tajinder Singh, Second Secretary in the Indian embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, was found dead on June 22. The Facebook posts seem to allege that both Chopra and Singh were under work-related pressure. Referring specifically to the case of Singh, the posts allege that he was unhappy as he was denied a posting of his choice. "After a C* posting at Damascus, he stood posted at Washington. However, when he was on transfer-cum-home-leave, he was asked to proceed to Lisbon. Harassment and victimisation in the past made him depressed and finally he was forced to give up," said one post. It seemed to suggest that Singh was denied a post of his choice after serving in violence-torn Syria. Some of the posts allege that officials from IFS-B have been facing discrimination and professional challenges from IFS-A officers in the ministry. IFS-A officers are recruited directly through competitive examination conducted under the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). IFS-B officials are recruited under Indian Foreign Service, Branch 'B' (Recruitment, Cadre, Seniority and Promotion) Rules, 1964, which was amended in 2008. Though successive Foreign Secretaries have tried to mend the differences between the two wings of the MEA, the problem of perception seems to continue.