Chandigarh, Oct. 19 -- The Punjab government on Saturday suspended Ropar range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, two days after his arrest for allegedly demanding an Rs.8 lakh bribe from a Mandi Gobindgarh-based scrap dealer, Akash Batta.

The 2007-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was apprehended from his office in Mohali on October 16 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The central probe agency had simultaneously arrested Bhullar's 'middleman' Krishanu and raided the officer's private residence in Sector 40.

The formal suspension orders were issued by the state home department on Saturday, invoking provisions of the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules.

"As reported by the Director General of Police, Punjab, vid...