Dehradun, June 22: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered the suspension of seven officers, including two IAS and one PCS officer, in connection with the Haridwar Municipal Corporation land scam.
Three officers have already been suspended in this case, while the service of two has already been terminated. This latest action takes the total number of officers suspended in the case to ten.
The scam centres around the purchase of 2.3070 hectares of unsuitable land near a garbage dump in Sarai Village by the Haridwar Municipal Corporation for Rs 54 crores, which was originally reportedly valued at just Rs 14 crore.
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