India, June 28 -- The Rajasthan Police on Saturday night suspended a constable, seven days after a woman vendor suffered serious burn injuries when boiling water spilled on her during an alleged police action to remove street vendors from Jaipur's Mahal Road ahead of chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma's convoy, triggering widespread outrage.

Constable Narendra was suspended after the woman's sister lodged a case on Monday alleging that police acted high-handedly without any prior warning or instructions to vacate the area.

Boiling water allegedly fell on Reshu Gupta after a policeman allegedly pushed and overturned the vendor's cart following an argument on June 19 on Mahal Road in Jagatpura. She said the boiling water fell on her arms, ch...