Bhubaneswar, March 18 -- The Odisha government on Wednesday suspended four officers in connection with the fire at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack that killed 12. Meanwhile, the incident also triggered a political storm in the Assembly, with the opposition demanding the resignation of state health minister Mukesh Mahaling.

Acting on the report of a fact-finding team headed by the development commissioner, the state government suspended deputy fire officer Prakash Kumar Jena and assistant fire officer Sanjeeb Kumar Behera of the Cuttack Circle, station officer Abhinab Prusti of SCB, and assistant executive engineer Ranjan Kumar Biswal of the SCB sub-division under the General Electrical Division.

The blaze broke out around 2....