India, Jan. 20 -- Offices of two block development officers in South Bengal were vandalised by mobs on Tuesday following accusations that the election officials were harassing people during the ongoing hearings for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral roll.

Police said groups of people vandalised the BDO offices in Sandeshkhali-I in North 24 Parganas and Basanti in South 24 Parganas, where SIR hearings were being conducted, broke furniture and computers and tore documents.

Sandeshkhali-I BDO Sayantan Sen said they were holding hearings when some people entered the office and started damaging the furniture and computers. Documents were also torn, he told reporters.

Large groups of people also blocked roads with ...