The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended a sector officer in West Bengal’s Uluberia Uttar constituency after it was found that he slep...
The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended a sector officer in West Bengal’s Uluberia Uttar constituency after it was found that he slept over at the home of a local Trinamool Congress leader with Electronic Voting Machines, ANI reported. Uluberia Uttar is one of the 31 constituencies in the state which went to polls on Tuesday.
Tapan Sarkar, the deputed officer for Howrah’s Sector 17 took reserve voting machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails, or VVPATs, to the TMC leader’s home, who is a relative of the official, the Election Commission said in a statement.
“This is a gross violation of EC’s instructions for which he has been suspended and charges will be framed for major punishment,” the poll body said. It has also ordered the suspension of the sector police attached to Sarkar. The EVMs have been stored in the custody of the EC’s general observer after he checked its seals, ANI reported.
Sector Officer has been suspended. It was a reserved EVM that has been removed from the election process. Severe action will be taken against all involved: Election Commission of India (ECI)
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2021
EVMs and VVPATs were found at the residence of a TMC leader in Uluberia, West Bengal pic.twitter.com/IBFwmDSXeY
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