Harbhajan Singh has been temporarily suspended from the DLF Indian Premier League by the match referee Farokh Engineer.
Harbhajan Singh, the Mumbai Indians stand-in captain, had allegedly slapped Kings XI Punjab pacer S Sreesanth on Friday night.
Farokh Engineer gave his decision based on prima facie video evidence provided by Sony & TWI.
"A decision has been reached to suspend with immediate effect Harbhajan Singh of the Mumbai Indians pending the inquiry into the incident on Monday, April 28th 2008," IPL Commissioner said in a press release.
The inquiry into the incident at Mohali in the game between King's XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians will now take place at the Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi on April 28th 2008.
A final verdict would be announced after the hearing at New Delhi on Monday.