Bhopal, November 3, 2026: Indian Police Service officer Anurag Sujania, a 2014-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has resigned from the service, citing personal reasons, only days after being moved out of the post of Superintendent of Police, Sagar.
Sujania submitted his resignation on November 2. Four days earlier, the state government had issued a transfer order sending him from Sagar to the Police Headquarters in Bhopal as Assistant Inspector General. Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, a 2016-batch IPS officer, was appointed in his place as Sagar SP. The transfer was part of a broader administrative reshuffle that also covered the Collectors and SPs of Sagar and Dewas districts.
The reshuffle came after the Banda hooch tragedy in Sagar district in early September 2026, when at least 16 people were officially confirmed dead after consuming illegally manufactured poisonous liquor, suspected to be contaminated with methanol.
At the time of his transfer, Sujania was overseeing the investigation into the incident. People familiar with developments in the police establishment said the timing of the move had caused discontent, though the officer himself formally attributed his resignation to personal reasons. He could not be contacted for comment.
Originally from Rajasthan and holding an MTech degree, Sujania joined the IPS on December 2, 2014, and was confirmed in service in December 2017. During his career, he has served as Superintendent of Police in Tikamgarh, Mandsaur, Morena, and Sagar districts, and as Sub-Divisional Officer of Police in Karera. He had been posted as Sagar SP for approximately six months before the transfer order; before that, he was serving as AIG at the Police Headquarters in Bhopal.
The resignation is awaiting a formal decision from the state government. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was scheduled to hold a meeting with senior police officials at the Police Headquarters in Bhopal on the evening of November 3, following the development.
The matter has drawn attention within the police administration amid ongoing probes into the spurious liquor incidents in Sagar and reports of similar cases in Dewas.
