UP CM Akhilesh Yadav suspends 3 excise officials

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today suspended three excise department officers for alleged financial irregularities.

The then District excise officer (DEO), Kanpur, Vinod Kumar, DEO, Agra, SP Singh and DEO, Kanpur, Mubarak Ali have been placed under suspension, official sources said.

The officers have been accused of financial irregularities and preparing fake data for beer sale to the department, they said.

A departmental probe has also been ordered against these officers, the sources said.