India, Nov. 8 -- Following a directive of Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, the Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) of Sarairanjan assembly constituency in Bihar has been suspended for negligence in handling election material.

Earlier, the ECI ordered a probe after a large number of VVPAT slips were found dumped near SR College in Shitalpatti village of Samastipur district. The slips were identified as those used during the mock poll conducted before the first phase of voting on Thursday.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) posted on X, "A large number of VVPAT slips coming out of EVMs were found thrown on the road near KSR College in the Sarairanjan Assembly constituency of Samastipur. When, how, why, and on whose instructions w...