New Delhi, May 15 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state government suspended three senior IPS officers on Friday for their alleged mishandling and dereliction of duty during the initial phase of investigation into the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case.

While speaking at the state secretariat, Adhikari said the suspension of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and ex-deputy commissioners Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta was ordered in the wake of a departmental probe initiated against them.

"The Bengal government suspended three police officers for 'lapses' in the investigation of the RG Kar rape-murder case. The government will start a departmental probe against ex-Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal, two other...