Srinagar, Oct. 16 -- A senior IAS officer in Jammu and Kashmir, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, has courted controversy after he allegedly used abusive language against a woman Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) officer and threatened to recommend her dismissal from service while chairing a virtually meeting in Srinagar on Thursday.

The heated argument, which came to light through a purported video, took place between Ranjan and assistant director Beenish Wani over the role of National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) during a review meeting on Mission YUVA.

Ranjan, a 2010-batch IAS officer posted as administrative secretary labour and employment in J&K government, repeatedly interrupted Wani, assistant director, employment and counse...