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IAS Gaurav Dahiya: From AIIMS to UPSC Top Rank, Career Derailed by Double Marriage & Honeytrap Allegations
- •IAS Gaurav Dahiya, an officer with an MBBS from AIIMS and 76th rank in UPSC, has been compulsorily retired.
- •He faced serious allegations of marrying a second time without divorcing his first wife, harassment, and a honeytrap.
- •Gaurav Dahiya hails from Gurugram, Haryana, and was a 2010 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer.
- •A Delhi woman alleged that Gaurav Dahiya married her a second time in 2018 and they have a daughter.
- •Gaurav Dahiya denied the allegations, claiming he was a victim of a honeytrap and being blackmailed.
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The central government's Department of Personnel and Training decided to compulsorily retire Gujarat cadre IAS officer Gaurav Dahiya after reviewing his service record amidst controversies involving personal misconduct, allegations of a second marriage without divorce, and a honey trap scandal.
Gaurav Dahiya obtained an MBBS degree from AIIMS Delhi in 2007 and subsequently secured the 76th rank in the UPSC Civil Services Examination to become a 2010 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre.
Following a high-level committee investigation into allegations made by a Delhi woman regarding a second marriage in 2018, the Gujarat government suspended Gaurav Dahiya in August 2019. After a long suspension, he was reinstated in 2023 before ultimately facing compulsory retirement.
