Hyderabad, July 30 -- A police inspector heading the Jubilee Hills police station in Hyderabad has been suspended following allegations of serious misconduct, including sexual assault on a woman, extortion and abuse of official position, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar on Tuesday issued the order suspending inspector U Srinivasulu Reddy, after a preliminary internal inquiry into the complaints against him, an official statement from the commissioner's office said.

The suspension orders were issued within hours of Srinivasulu Reddy being shifted from his post in the Jubilee Hills police station and placed in the Vacancy Reserve (VR), pending further investigation, the statement...