Bhopal, Sep 8 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended a forest officer posted at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) for allegedly threatening a person who complained against him on the chief minister's helpline, officials said.

A video had gone viral in which Assistant Forest Conservator Dilip Kumar Maratha, posted at the BTR in Umaria district, was seen threatening and using abusive language against the complainant, a government release on Saturday said without elaborating.

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The state government has suspended Maratha with immediate effect. He has been attached to the forest department headquarters in Bhopal during the suspension period, it said.

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