Seized EVMs in Uluberia ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 09:24 IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): After EVMs and VVPATs were found at the residence of a TMC leader in Uluberia, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended the sector officer on Tuesday amid the ongoing third phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.
According to the EC, Tapan Sarkar, sector officer of Sector 17 in AC 177 Uluberia Uttar at Howrah district, went with reserved EVM and slept at a relative s house. It was a reserved EVM that has been removed from the election process This is a gross violation of EC s instructions for which he has been suspended and charges will be framed for major punishment. The said EVM and VVPAT have been taken out of the stock and shall not be used in the polls. Severe action will be taken against all involved, read an EC statement.
A Bengal election officer who claims he slept overnight with an electronic voting machine (EVM) at the home of his relative, a Trinamool Congress leader, has been suspended by the Election Commission. The EVM and VVPAT will not be used in the polls.
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Highlights
An EC official has been suspended in the matter
The third phase of Bengal assembly polls is underway
Kolkata: An official of the Election Commission of India was suspended after he was found at the residence of a TMC leader along with EVMs and VVPATs ahead of the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections.
The sector officer Tapan Sarkar, who was in-charge of Sector 17 in Uluberia seat, spent a night at a relative’s place who turned out to be a local leader of the TMC.
The EVMs and VVPATs which were found at the residence were part of the reserve stock, which won’t be used for voting on Tuesday (April 6).
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UPDATED: April 6, 2021 16:42 IST
The TMC leader s house where 4 EVMs and 4 VVPATs were found (India Today photo)
The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended a sector officer in West Bengal s Howrah district after four Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and four voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) machines were found at a Trinamool Congress leader s house. The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar Assembly constituency.