Dehradun, June 4 -- In a major action against corruption in Uttarakhand, the Pushkar Singh Dhami Government suspended two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), one officer of the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and four other officers in the multi crore Municipal Corporation of Haridwar (MCH) land scam on Tuesday. A total of 12 officers have so far been suspended in the scam.
The suspended officers include district magistrate (DM) of Haridwar Karmendra Singh, the then municipal commissioner of Haridwar Varun Chaudhary and former Sub Divisional Magistrate ( SDM) of Haridwar, Ajayvir Singh. The alleged scam involves purchase of a plot of land at an exorbitant price of '54 crore by MCH which is said to be three to four times more th...