Governor, Bl Joshi, Chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav and many other senior leaders condoled the sad untimely demise of senior officer of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) cadre, Chandra Bhanu, on Saturday.
Bhanu, an IAS officer of 1993 batch, who remained as district magistrate of lucknow and also as secretary to former chief minister, Mayawati, reportedly died of cardiac failure when he was on election duty as an `Observer” at Mizoram on Saturday afternoon. Arrangements were made to brought his body back to lucknow by an special aircraft. Both Governor, Bl Joshi and chief minister in their condolences messages claimed to have lost an outstanding officer.
Condoling the death of Bhanu, former chief minister Mayawati, under whom him the officer had worked very closely, said that besides being brilliant and outstanding, Bhanu was a very honest officer who was always dedicated towards his work. Former Congress state president, Dr Rita Bahuguna Joshi, along with Alok Ranjan, who is acting chief secretary and president of IAS Association, and many other senior officers had also condoled the death.