Railway Board Secretary Ranjanesh Sahai, who called for action against Union minister Jitendra Singh's OSD Sanjiv Kumar (IRPS:2005) for allegedly casting "aspersions" on the railway minister and questioning the wisdom of senior officials in an article, has been transferred.

Sahai, an officer of the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), is said to have earned the wrath of the government for his 'manipulation' to turn his personal war into an official one.

His next posting is not yet announced. Meantime, Sushant Kumar Mishra (IRTS:1985) has taken over as the new Railway Board secretary.

 

Sahai's transfer comes within a month of his writing to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) seeking the immediate repatriation of Sanjiv Kumar for "breach of official decorum and misconduct".

 

Sahai was named Railway Board secretary, considered as one of the most prestigious posts in the Railway Ministry, in December 2017.