The State Government on Wednesday suspended Director of Mines Rabi Narayan Sahu in connection with the multi-crore mining scam. J R Patnaik, Director of Geology, will be in additional charge of Mines. Sources said that Sahu had allowed the Ram Bahadur Thakur Limited (RBTL) to guard the Katasahi and Rudukela iron ore mines in Keonjhar district