Durga Shakti Nagpal had led the seizure of 24 dumpers engaged in illegal quarrying and arresting 15 people in Greater Noida last week.

Woman IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal.

IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who was in news last week for clamping down on illegal sand mafia in Greater Noida, has been suspended.



The reason for the suspension of Nagpal is not clear yet.



According to sources, the Samajwadi party leader Narendra Bhati was peeved against IAS officer's drive against illegal mining and thus complained about her to the SP leadership. The SP leader allegedly did this to settle scores with the officer.



Nagpal had led the seizure of 24 dumpers engaged in illegal quarrying and arresting 15 people last week.



Nagpal had formed special flying squads to stop the illegal sand mining along the Yamuna and Hindon rivers.



In an interview to Mail Today last week, the 2009 batch officer said: "As per our strategy, we are conducting raids on a daily basis on sand mafia and their units. A list of illegal sand mining units has been prepared and action is being taken against them".