India, April 9 -- The Haryana government on Thursday placed two IAS officers, Pradeep Kumar of the 2011 batch and Ram Kumar Singh of the 2012 batch, under immediate suspension.

Separate orders regarding this were issued by chief secretary Anurag Rastogi on Wednesday night.

While no reason was ascribed for the suspension of the two officers, who were promoted from the state civil service to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), it is learnt that the action is linked to the ongoing investigations into the alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of government funds by private sector banks, IDFC First, AU Small Finance and Kotak Mahindra.

Officials said Pradeep Kumar served as member secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Bo...