Bengaluru, July 5 -- A Booth Level Officer (BLO) attached to the K.R. Puram Assembly constituency in Bengaluru has been suspended for allegedly failing to participate in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The suspended official has been identified as Yogesh Gowda, a BESCOM employee who was assigned BLO duties as part of the voter list revision exercise.

According to election authorities, Yogesh Gowda failed to report for SIR-related duties despite the exercise already being underway. Officials said a notice was issued directing him to explain his absence, but he neither reported for duty nor submitted any reply to the show-cause notice.

Following his failure to comply with the directions, the competent aut...