(This story originally appeared in on Jun 02, 2014)

LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday suspended the labor officer of Badaun district RP Yadav on charges of callousness in performing his duty.While no specific reason was cited by the CM secretariat, sources said that Akhilesh took the step following the controversy over using children in construction of the helipad for BSP chief Mayawati who had gone there to meet the family members of two girls who were gang-raped and murdered last week. An inquiry into the incident will be conducted by deputy labour commissioner of Kanpur, SD Shukla, who will submit his report with the CM office in a stipulated time.The visit of Mayawati, not surprisingly, found itself in a midst of a controversy following reports that some children were employed by the district administration in Badaun on Saturday evening for construction of helipad for BSP supremo. Badaun MP Dharmendra Yadav , was quick to blame the BSP for the incident. He went on to seek an inquiry into the incident.The BSP leaders, however, shrugged off the controversy saying that it was not the party which constructed the helipad. The children were apparently playing at the site. The issue is blown out of proportion,'' said BSP general secretary, Naseemuddin Siddiqui while speaking to TOI.He said that the administration must have given the contract to a private contractor. I think that some children of the laborers would have accompanied their parents,'' he said.Mayawati had intimated about her visit to the Baduan district administration on Saturday, after which the helipad was constructed for her chopper to land.