New Delhi, July 31 -- Two days after a video emerged on social media showing an IAS officer doing sit-ups in front of lawyers in Puwaiyan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, the state government on Thursday transferred the officer to the Revenue Council in Lucknow.

The act performed by 2022-batch IAS officer Rinku Singh Rahi was seen as a violation of the All India Services Conduct Rules as well as "unbecoming of an officer - an inappropriate act that was not in accordance with the post", said a report by Hindustan Times quoting a senior UP government officer.

Shahjahanpur District Magistrate Dharmendra Pratap Singh told PTI that Rahi, who was posted to Puwaiyan tehsil only on Tuesday, has now been relieved of the post.

R...