"We never imagined such immodest and inhuman behaviour from a learned and a senior government official," said

R K Agarwal, president, Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry, alleged that P K Sinha, assistant commissioner, commercial tax, Jamshedpur circle, snatched microphone from him on the dais when he began mentioning issues about the shortcomings in the system and non-cooperative attitude of the officials. "It's very sad that the senior most official of the department Tiwary reacted casually on the issue," said Agarwal.

Demanding immediate suspension of the officer and an inquiry into the matter, Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA) president R K Sinha said, "If the officer is not suspended immediately, we will meet chief minister Arjun Munda soon and also announce our future course of action."

The traders claimed that the representatives of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Lafarge Cement, Jharkhand Industries Association and other corporate and business bodies boycotted the meeting at the fag end of the session.

Ranjan Sinha, deputy commissioner, Jamshedpur circle, denied the allegation of Agarwal. "Since the conference was officially over, Agarwal was just prevented from raising issues afresh on the dais. There is no question of misconduct," said Sinha. P K Sinha was, however, not available for comments.

Source: Times of India, India,  dated 31/01/2012