“Main Vimal Negi Nahi Banna Chahta”: SDM Dharamshala Sanjeev Kumar Bhot Quits, Slams Bureaucratic Torture in Viral VRS Letter
Shimla/Dharamshala: In a chilling reminder of the late Vimal Negi’s tragic case, SDM Dharamshala Sanjeev Kumar Bhot has shaken the Himachal bureaucracy by seeking Voluntary Retirement (VRS), citing mental torture and harassment due to repeated transfers.
In a strongly worded letter to the Chief Secretary — now viral on social media — Bhot declared, “Main Vimal Negi nahi banna chahta. I want to live.”
Transferred four times in just two and a half years, Bhot says he has been turned into a “football” by a lobby of powerful bureaucrats in the state Secretariat.
“I have a family. I have served with honesty. But I am being targeted without rhyme or reason,” he said in his video. “I am a Buddhist. I believe in the dignity of life — and this is no way to live.”
The officer’s emotionally raw and deeply personal letter has struck a nerve, especially among fellow officers still reeling from the mysterious death of Chief Engineer Vimal Negi, who had made similar allegations of harassment in his final days.
Bhot’s letter is more than a resignation — it’s a loud alarm bell. “Why am I being punished for doing my job sincerely?
Why these whimsical transfers? I have been mentally harassed. I am not a machine to be shifted like a file every few months,” he said.
The video, which has spread like wildfire across bureaucratic WhatsApp groups and citizen forums, has reignited debate on the internal rot and unchecked power games within the bureaucracy.
Now, all eyes are on the Chief Minister. Will he intervene and set the babus at the Secretariat right?
Or will he quietly accept Bhot’s VRS letter and let another honest officer walk away broken?
The silence from the top brass so far is deafening. But the people are watching. And so are many honest officers who wonder — am I next?
#JusticeForOfficers #StopBureaucraticHarassment #IStandWithBhot #VimalNegiNeverAgain
Readers' Comments: Really a sorry and concerning state of affairs. How hapeless officers face such mental trauma through frequent transfers on the whims of high ups.
There should be security of tenure for a State Cadre Officers to save them from such harassments.
Need serious thought at government level to bring out a transparant policy for transfer of HPAS officers. Sanjeev must not get deterred by such transfers and fight for justice in the court of law if deem fit
-KAMESHWAR DHAULTA, HAS RETD)
