Ranchi, Aug 25 - The Jharkhand government Tuesday suspended a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer on corruption charges, officials said.

Avinash Kumar was suspended on the basis of CBI raids conducted at his residences Aug 3, officials said.

CBI had filed a case against Kumar for reportedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and had recommended that the state government should lodge a case under the Excise Act in Ranchi.

Last week the Jharkhand government had removed Kumar from the position of secretary of water resources department.

CBI had simultaneously conducted raids at various residences of Kumar and Rajesh Thakur who was the personal secretary of the former Jharkhand governor Syed Sibte Razi and also at the home of a builder called Guddu Singh.