Chandigarh, Nov. 9 -- The Election Commission (EC) of India on Saturday directed the suspension of Tarn Taran senior superintendent of police (SSP) Dr Ravjot Kaur Grewal with immediate effect. Though Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar was assigned the additional charge of Tarn Taran SSP under the EC directive, the state government, later in the day, appointed Surinder Lamba as the Tarn Taran SSP with the approval of the poll panel.

The stern action just three days before the Tarn Taran assembly by-election on November 11 came after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met the EC-appointed observer and submitted a written complaint of misuse of power by the SSP to help the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punj...