Shimla, Jan 16 (IANS): The Congress Wednesday suspended a legislator in Himachal Pradesh who has been booked for murder by the Haryana Police.
"The Congress has suspended Ram Kumar Chaudhary," state Congress president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said here.
He is one of four suspects in the murder of a 24-year-old woman in Panchkula in Haryana Nov 22 and is now on police remand.
Chaudhary is a first-time legislator from Doon in Solan district.
"This is my first decision after assuming charge," Sukhu said. He took charge as the state party president Tuesday.