Bhubaneswar, Mar 31: The Orissa government today placed under suspension senior IAS officer Hrusikesh Panda as per the directive of state assembly speaker. This was announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the assembly this morning.
The Speaker Sarat Kumar Kar gave the ruling on Friday last after a day-long debate following allegation that Panda, chairman-cum-managing director of state-run Orissa Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (IDCOL), had misbehaved with minister of state for SC/ST development Balabhadra Majhi and Independent MLA Saharai Oram on March 15 last. Kar had given the ruling after ascertaining the opinion of the members through voice-vote. Bureau Report