Silchar, April 18 -- After Assam's Sivasagar district administration denied allegations of security lapses, Congress candidate Debabrata Saikia on Friday approached the election observer over an alleged violation of strongroom security.

In a letter to election observer TLR Reddy, Saikia alleged that mandatory Election Commission of India (ECI) protocols were not followed at the material strongroom at Sivasagar Government Boys' HS & MP School.

Saikia shared photographs of materials of 95-Demow, 96-Sivasagar and 97-Nazira assembly constituencies stored in the strongroom.

He claimed that ECI-mandated double-lock system was not followed in rooms 12 and 15. Photographs showed that two doors are secured by a single padlock on one side and se...