UP promotes magistrate who called India 'land of mourners'
The UP government has promoted Gorakhpur District Magistrate Rajeev Rautela to the post of Devipatan Divisional Commissioner. On an earlier occasion, Rautela slammed martyrs' families for demanding compensation and termed India "a land of mourners". He also barred reporters from accessing vote counting information during UP bypolls reportedly after the margin between BJP and SP candidates reduced.