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Madhya Pradesh IAS Officer Avi Prasad Marries Colleague in Third Wedding at Kuno National Park

Photos from the private ceremony circulated widely on social media, drawing new attention to the senior bureaucrat.

Overview

  • Prasad, a 2014-batch IAS officer, married 2017-batch officer Ankita Dhakre on February 11 at Kuno National Park in Sheopur.
  • He currently serves as CEO of the Madhya Pradesh Employment Guarantee Council, and Dhakre is a deputy secretary in the state secretariat.
  • His previous marriages were to IAS officers Riju Bafna and Misha Singh, which ended in divorce and later separation, respectively.
  • Bafna is posted as collector of Shajapur, and Singh serves as collector of Ratlam, according to recent reports.
  • Coverage notes widespread sharing of wedding photographs and no public comment from the couple; one outlet claims he is the first IAS officer to wed three IAS colleagues, a claim not independently verified.