New Delhi, June 4 -- Indian Revenue Services (IRS) officer Yogendra Kumar Mishra was suspended on 4 June, six days after he allegedly assaulted a junior officer inside an Income Tax office during a meeting in the Uttar Pradesh capital, Lucknow.

The suspension order states that a criminal case is under investigation against Mishra, a 2014-batch IRS officer currently posted in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax.

Mishra has been attached with a Kolkata officer under the jurisdiction of the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), West Bengal and Sikkim Region, pending inquiry. Mishra has been asked not to leave headquarters without prior permission.

The move comes in the wake of serious allegations by Gaur...