Durgapur OC ‘allows’ bike rally, shunted

Kolkata: Officer-in-charge of Durgapur police station Sujit Mukherjee was removed from his post for allegedly allowing a bike rally, which violated the election code of conduct. BJP's Pankaj Roy had earlier lodged a complaint against Mukherjee on April 8.
In the first phase of the election, where 18 assembly constituencies in Maoist-affected areas went to polls, there were allegations about the lack of effectiveness of central forces.Some alleged that the personnel could not be seen in many booths.
The EC has planned to add some additional features, keeping the commission is not thinking of redesigning the deployment pattern same. , it has taken additional measures.
"The commission has asked the forces to maintain a log book where they will have to write down the movement of the squads working under a sector office will be monitored," said additional chief electoral officer Dibyendu Sarkar.
The officials believe that this move will help track help in cross checking the movement of the force if there is any complaint against the force.
To increase the effectiveness of the force The commission has instructed all the returning officers and the district election officers to gather information about the people who might create a problem in the locality. through their sources.
The sub-divisional officers, who will act as zonal magistrates, will submit a plan with a map of police stations with their numbers and details of election-related officials to the central forces. The plan will also contain a list of anti-social elements.The forces on the basis of this information will take steps to ensure a free and fair polling.
"Once we receive a complaint from a voter through the Samadhan app, we will immediately direct it to the returning officer and they will send the message to the respective sector office. The sector office immediately inform a team from the closest special naka office or an RT van fitted with a GPS system will so that they can reach the troubled zone. The Election Commission will be monitoring may also monitor the movement of the vehicles directly from Delhi if necessary," said an election official. .
Today the CPM and the congress has gheraoed the Durgapur Police Station in protest. Pankaj Roy Sarkar, polling agent of Durgapur (east) CPM candidate, Santosh Debroy and Pijush Nandy, polling agent of congress candidate of Durgapur ( West) have signed a joint petition to the election comission alleging that Sujit Mukherjee is not working impartially.
Both the congress and the CPM have alleged that the OC have not been taking any action to their complaints. On Friday, trinamul MP, Shatabdi Roy held a roadshow in Durgapur town where there has been a huge motor cycle rally and the OC has not taken any action, we have submitted video footage to the EC already, said Pankaj Roy Sarkar.
Already last month, the election comission has removed the officer in charge of Raniganj, Jamuria Police station and Ukhra police outpost allegedly for lack of neutrality. All these police stations have been under the jurisdictions of Asansol Durgapur Police Comissionerate.
The CPM has also lodged a complaint against the Kulti Police Station IC, Arijit Dasgupta and OC of Baraboni Police Station, Dibyendu Das to the EC. The officer in charge of Andal Police Station, Uday Shankar Ghosh also raided and searched a CPM party office in Andal, but failed to seize anything.
The BJP has also urged the EC to seal the porous Asansol- Jharkhand, Dishergarh - Purulia, Raniganj - Bankura and Pandaveswar- Birbhum borders. Also keeping a tab on the marriage halls, guest houses, hotesl and rented houses in these areas. They have also urged the EC to stop ghost voters of Hindustan Cables in Rupnaryanpur , Sail Growth Works in Kulti and other PSUs , where people have left the place after retirement. Holding polls will be a challenge for the EC tomorrow here after the alleged vote loot in the Asansol Municipal.