IAS officer’s pet langur ‘Matru’ crashes farmers’ meeting, sits in DM Asmita Lal’s place
Government meetings in India are usually associated with stacks of paperwork and a serious tone—but a recent gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district took an unexpectedly amusing turn. During an official interaction with farmers and local officials, District Magistrate Asmita Lal had an unusual guest walk in, Matru, a langur well-known around the collectorate premise, who is also DM’s pet.
