Srinagar, Oct. 17 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered a high-level inquiry into allegations that senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan verbally abused and threatened a woman JKAS officer during an official meeting, triggering widespread condemnation from political parties, civil service representatives and the National Commission for Women (NCW).

The General Administration Department (GAD) has appointed Mandeep Kaur, a 2004-batch IAS officer and Commissioner-Secretary to the Housing and Urban Development Department, as the inquiry officer. Amit Vermani, Additional Secretary in the GAD, has been appointed the presenting officer. The panel has been directed to submit its report within 15 days.

The controversy erupte...