Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara Excise Superintendent Debi Prasad Mishra was suspended on Friday for dereliction of duty.
Acting on the inquiry report of the Joint Commissioner of the Excise Department, the state government placed him under suspension for negligence in his duty.
Kendrapara Collector had also submitted an inquiry report to the government against the Superintendent.
Joint Commissioner of the Excise Department, Ramchandra Mishra, conducted an inquiry into the allegations the Superintendent and other staff in a bribery case.
Ashish Mishra said his father, who had obtained licenses for two IMFL shops, wanted to transfer them into his name and accordingly submitted all the relevant documents.
The Excise Superintendent, Mishra, allegedly had demanded a bribe to transfer the license into his name.