Raigarh, June 17 -- The Chhattisgarh government suspended Ashok Kumar Marbal, the then Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Tamnar block in Raigarh district, in connection with the Bajarmunda compensation scam on Tuesday.
The scam allegedly involved the distribution of Rs 415 crore instead of Rs 100 crore as compensation.
The state government ordered an investigation into the scam and handed over the case to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Earlier, the then District Collector of Raigarh, Kartikeya Goyal, had identified seven accused individuals and ordered registration of an FIR against them. However, the FIR is yet to be registered in Gharghoda.
The order of suspension, issued by the under secretary of the General Administration Depar...