Guwahati, April 15 -- Alleging serious violations in the handling and security of post-poll materials, Debabrata Saikia, candidate from the 97 Nazira Assembly constituency, has written to the Election Commission of India seeking urgent intervention over what he termed a "serious breach" of election material safeguards.

In a formal complaint addressed to Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel, Saikia claimed that strong rooms designated for storing election papers were found in a compromised condition during his visit to the Material Safety Cell.

According to the complaint, Rooms 11, 12 and 13-used for storing election materials of Nazira and other constituencies, were not secured in accordance with prescribed norms. Several doors were repo...