The UP government has suspended senior IAS officer and sports director Shailesh Kumar Singh for delaying execution of projects in a sports complex, including a swimming pool, in Safai- the backyard of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Suspension of Singh, believed to be close to BSP chief Mayawati, threatens to snowball into a controversy. Singh, due to retire next month, learnt about the suspension on Wednesday while on way to Saifai to attend a function to honour India's six London Olympic medal winners.

The charges levelled against the officer relate to the construction of a world-class all-weather swimming pool coming up at the sports complex in Saifai. Sources said the CM was expecting the swimming pool to be ready for inauguration and use before the Saifai Mahotsava, a week-long extravaganza organised annually by the Samajwadi Party and the government (since the party is in power), that began on Thursday. The 'unwarranted' actions of the sports director had led to unnecessary delays in the project, government sources said.


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