Durgapur: The Election
Commission (EC) on Sunday removed the officer-in-charge of Durgapur police
station, Sujit Mukherjee, from election duty in response to a complaint
received by it.
EC officials said that the
complaint stated that Mukherjee did not stop a motorbike rally brought out by
CPM leader Pankaj Ray Sarkar on Friday. All rallies on motorized two-wheelers
are banned by the poll watchdog.
An official of EC said:
“After investigation by the police observers, the officer was found guilty by R
K Srivastava, principal secretary to the commission, who directed his removal
from poll duty.” Mukherjee will be posted at a non-election zone and his
substitute will be posted today,he added.
Voting will be held in
Durgapur today in second part of the first phase of the Assembly polls.
Meanwhile, the Election
Commission will “strictly scrutinize” booths that record more than 90 per cent
or less than 10 per cent votes. The move comes in the wake of Opposition allegation
of false voting by Trinamool on April 4. Many of the booths had on April 4
recorded a surge in the number of votes after the polling time and some had
even registered a 100 per cent turnout. A booth in a West Midnapore village had
on the electoral rolls names of several persons who are working elsewhere. A
villager on the voter list was found to be long dead.
CPM state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra had
on April 7 expressed “dissatisfaction” with the poll panel's addressing of
Opposition complaints and said the commission should play a “proactive role” to
prevent intimidation of voters and polling agents by Trinamool. CPM central
committee member Nilotpal Basu had met commission officials in Delhi to
complain about alleged Trinamool threats.
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