The Election Commission (ECI) on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of six supervisory officers and disciplinary proceedings against five presiding officers and 16 police personnel over alleged lapses in duty during the biennial Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election from the Agra Teachers’ Constituency.
The six officers ordered to be suspended include OP Singh, sector magistrate; Harisharan Das, inspector in the crime branch; and Sandeep Kumar, sub-inspector at Etmaddaula police station. The other three officers are Vishal Rathore, sector magistrate; Purushottam Pal, additional inspector at Fatehabad; and Sumit Tyagi, sub-inspector at Ekta police station in Agra. All three were deployed at polling station number 21, located at the Kshetra Panchayat Office in Saiyan. They were deployed at polling station number 26, located at the Kshetra Panchayat Office in Fatehabad. The ECI has directed the authorities to issue charge-sheets to all six officers and submit draft copies to the commission for review within 10 days. The commission has also ordered disciplinary proceedings against five presiding officers and 16 police personnel deployed at polling stations 21 and 26.
