The Cachar district administration in Assam on Friday mentioned it is going to conduct an enquiry into media stories that “a few election officers” have been noticed with poll papers right here. A preliminary investigation revealed that no official
engaged within the polling course of was concerned within the reported incident, district Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli instructed PTI. According to the media stories, the “polling officers were seen with ballot papers on Thursday night”. “Election officers do not discharge their duties at night. Since a section of media reported that a few polling
officers were spotted with ballot papers last night, we will order an enquiry into it,” she mentioned.
Silchar constituency went to the ballot within the second section of the meeting elections on April 1. Referring to a separate incident in connection with dispatching of postal poll twice to a voter, the district administration mentioned the media stories, on this case, have been complicated.
After a correct investigation into the incident, it was discovered that the postal poll was despatched to a improper particular person
as a result of of mistaken identification, in accordance to an announcement issued by the district administration.
A instructor of a authorities college, Sumitra Das, who’s a resident of Vivekananda Road space within the city, utilized for a postal poll and the postman delivered it to one other Sumitra Das, who additionally resides in the identical locality and is engaged in personal tuition, it quoted the DC as saying.
“This is what has come on the surface after our thorough investigation,” Jalli mentioned.
Violence had damaged out in Karimganj district of Assam on April 1 after a crowd noticed a BJP candidate’s automobile
getting used to transport a polled EVM to the sturdy room, forcing the police to fireplace within the air to convey the scenario beneath management.
The incident snowballed into an enormous controversy with the opposition Congress and AIUDF alleging that the EVM was
being “stolen”, prompting the Election Commission to suspended 4 ballot officers and order a repoll on the sales space as a video of the fiasco went viral on social media.
Elections to the 126 meeting constituencies in Assam have been held in three phases between March 27 and April 6. The
counting of votes will likely be on May 2.
Read all of the Latest News and Breaking News right here
