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Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani (File) Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani (File)Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Wednesday suspended IAS officer V J Rajput for alleged irregularities and corruption committed during his tenure as commissioner of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC). S M F Bukhari, a retired IAS officer and special officer for departmental inquiry, had visited Junagadh also. A departmental inquiry, as well as a police inquiry, have been initiated against the official, a release issued by the government stated. According to Dhulesia, the government had formed a committee to conduct a departmental inquiry against Rajput after they complained about him. Sources claimed that during Rajput’s tenure as Junagadh Municipal Commissioner, records of cattle impounding were fudged, and the number of impounded cattle was inflated..