Lucknow, Sept 25: Uttar Pradesh government today suspended three senior IAS officials - former Chief Secretary D S Bagga, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister P L Punia and former Environment Secretary V K Gupta - for their alleged involvement in the irregularities in the Rs 175 crore Taj corridor heritage project at Agra.
Chief Secretary A P Singh said a two-member committee has been constituted to hold departmental inquiry against these officials and submit a report by January 18.
Earlier, R K Sharma, Principal Secretrary, Environment, was suspended by the then Chief Minister Mayawati in the case. The chargesheet would be served to the suspended officials by tomorrow, Singh told a press conference.

The inquiry committee comprises of Hamendra Kumar, a retired secretary in government of India and V K Mittal, Chairman, State Jal Nigam.
Meanwhile, CBI, probing the case on a Supreme Court directive, gave a copy of its report to the Chief Secretary today.

Bureau Report