India, Oct. 7 -- A former Deputy Commissioner of Leh, Prasanna Ramaswamy, has been removed as the Chairman of the Looms of Ladakh Women Cooperative Ltd. governing body.

The current Deputy Commissioner, Leh, will now take charge as Chairman, in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Cooperative.

The Looms of Ladakh Women Cooperative, registered in 2017, has faced serious charges of financial misconduct and conflict of interest.

Accordingly, the matter was taken up by the UT Administration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for examination and for appropriate action in view of the apparent conflict-of-interest issues involving the officer.

Prasanna Ramaswamy, a 2010-batch IAS officer, served as the Registrar of Cooperat...