Amritsar, Jan. 1 -- The Punjab government has suspended seven officials of the Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) in connection with an alleged scam in the tendering of development works worth about Rs.52 crore in Amritsar's Ranjit Avenue locality. This comes days after the government suspended Amritsar senior superintendent of police (SSP, vigilance) Lakhbir Singh in connection with the same case.

Officials in the know of the matter said the allegations are that a particular firm was favoured in the tendering process. Government authorities, however, have not revealed any detail.

As per an order issued by the Punjab local government department on Tuesday, the suspended officials are: Satbhushan Sachdeva, Nigran engineer, Raminderpal Sing...