Chandigarh, April 26 -- The Punjab government on Friday suspended state vigilance bureau chief SPS Parmar and two other senior officers in connection with an alleged driving licence scam.

"Surinder Pal Singh Parmar, 1997-batch IPS officer, is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 3 (3) of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, for "grave misconduct and dereliction of duty," reads order of additional chief secretary (home) Alok Shekhar.

The other suspended officials are assistant inspector general, VB, SAS Nagar, Swarandeep Singh, and senior superintendent of police, VB, Jalandhar, Harpreet Singh. The government suspended the officers for allegedly not taking action against the people involved i...