IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal has been slapped with a whopping fine for allegedly overstaying in a Delhi government bungalow from May 2022 to February 2025. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has issued a notice to IAS Nagpal, seeking Rs 1.63 crore in damages for alleged unauthorised occupation of an official bungalow in the national capital.

IARI slaps Rs 1.63 crore fine against IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal

IAS Nagpal claimed to have requested extensions due to her parents' ill health and had paid rent. “Still, due to some lack of paperwork, they added compounding penal charges, which are notional and impractical. I have requested its waiver, which is in process," she told The Indian Express. Nagpal was allotted bungalow B-17 (Type VI-A) in March 2015 while serving as Office

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