Nandigram, Oct. 5 -- In a last-minute move on the eve of polling in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Monday ordered the immediate removal of the inspector-in-charge of Nandigram police station, replacing Ajay Kumar Mishra with Debasish Sarkar as the constituency prepares for a high-stakes Assembly bypoll under an unprecedented security blanket.
The Commission directed that Sarkar, who was serving as IC of the traffic control room in East Midnapore district, take charge immediately and asked the authorities to submit a compliance report by Monday evening. The ECI did not disclose the reason for the sudden change.
The removal of the officer barely 24 hours before polling assumes significance against the backdrop of heightened tension i...