Chandigarh, June 14 -- Haryana energy minister Anil Vij has suspended Sanjay Kumar, junior engineer (JE) of the Ambala industrial area subdivision for failing to replace a faulty transformer in Chandpura village of Ambala Cantonment even five days after a complaint was submitted.

A government spokesperson said the villagers had submitted a complaint to the energy minister regarding the issue after which action was taken against the JE. The villagers alleged that the power transformer in Chandpura had been non-functional for several days, and they had lodged a complaint about it with the JE nearly 15 days ago. However, neither the transformer was repaired nor replaced.

The spokesperson said that energy minister had earlier directed the d...