Goa, July 12 -- The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has suspended two of its field officials pending investigations into serious lapses - one related to a possible conflict of interest in the tendering process, and the other linked to the failure of a newly constructed road.

The suspensions were triggered by internal reviews and public pressure concerning administrative shortcomings and oversight failures within GIDC operations.

In one case, a field officer based at the corporation's head office has come under scrutiny after it was discovered that a close family member had participated in a GIDC tender and was awarded the contract. This raised red flags over a potential breach of conduct guidelines, specifically the Centra...