New Delhi, April 29 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking the immediate removal of Ajay Pal Sharma, a senior IPS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, from his role as Police Observer amid the electoral contest in West Bengal.

The petitioner submitted the writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, which allows citizens to approach the Supreme Court directly to protect fundamental rights, arguing in this case that a free and fair election is at stake.

The petitioner alleged that Sharma, often nicknamed the "Singham of UP" for his record as an encounter specialist, has abandoned the neutrality required of an Election Commission (ECI) observer.

The plea claimed that since assum...