India, Jan. 6 -- The sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) in Dewas was suspended on Sunday for allegedly referring to Urban Development and Housing Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya's controversial "ghanta" comments as "highly objectionable". Ujjain division revenue commissioner Ashish Singh suspended the SDM Anand Malviya on charges of serious negligence, indifference, and irregularities in the discharge of official duties.

Malviya had issued an order saying "ghanta remarks highly objectionable" and that law and order in the district has been affected over the Congress protests in the Indore contamination case. Malviya has been charged with serious negligence and irregularity in the discharge of official duties while dealing with a highly sensit...