Chandigarh June 8: Two Agriculture officers Mr. Surjit Singh and Mr. Inderjit Singh posted at Jalandhar District were suspended due to dereliction of duty .
Giving this information Agriculture Minister Punjab Mr. Sucha Singh Langah said that both the officers went to village Cheema near Kartarpur in district Jalandhar to plough the fields of Rattan Singh farmer who planted 10 acres of paddy before June 10.
Besides getting the paddy fields tilled the officers just clicked the photograph with the tractor ploughing the fields and gave false news in the papers that they had ploughed the fields.
Mr. Langah said that the Chief Agriculutrue officer Punjab visited the village cheema and found that not even a single acre was tilled. On the recommendation of Chief Agriculture officer both the erring officers were suspended.