India, Feb. 13 -- A heated exchange unfolded on Friday at a district grievance redressal committee meeting in Kaithal, where Haryana minister Anil Vij and Superintendent of Police (SP) Upasna disagreed over the suspension of a police officer linked to a land-related complaint.

Vij, who handles the energy, transport and labour portfolios, was chairing the meeting when he directed that an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) be suspended in connection with a land-related matter that is currently under investigation.

The directive followed allegations made by a Kaithal resident against the officer.

Responding to the minister, SP Upasna, an IPS officer, said she did not have the jurisdiction to suspend the ASI as the officer belonged to a neighbo...