Public relations department commissioner P Narhari declined to make any comment on the issue when contacted. (Representational image)

An obscene video, purportedly featuring a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and a woman, is doing rounds on social media here, prompting the Madhya Pradesh government to transfer him.

The officer was shunted out of the General Administration Department after the video surfaced, a source said.

However, there was no official confirmation about the same.

The report about the video was published by a local newspaper a few days ago.

The transfer order was issued on Monday night after office hours, a source in the administration said.

Public relations department commissioner P Narhari declined to make any comment on the issue when contacted.

"It is the government's prerogative to transfer any official," he said.