Dhanbad, Feb. 10 -- Dhanbad district administration has issued show cause notices to 239 personnel who remained absent from the first training session conducted for the forthcoming Municipal General Election-2026, people aware of the development said on Tuesday.

District election officer (municipal) and deputy commissioner Aditya Ranjan said the 239 officials had been deputed earlier as polling personnel for the smooth conduct of civic polls. Appointment letters had already been sent to them in advance. However, they failed to attend the training session on the scheduled date.

Terming the absence as a serious matter, Ranjan said skipping election training amounted to arbitrariness, negligence and dereliction of duty. He emphasised that ...