Kolkata, March 19 -- In a partial modification of its earlier order, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on put on hold the transfer of five IPS officers from West Bengal who were slated to be sent to Tamil Nadu and Kerala as election observers.
The decision comes just hours after the Commission had directed the immediate deployment of 15 IPS officers from the state to assist in poll-related duties in the two southern states.
According to sources in the Commission, the stay applies to five officers - Akash Magharia, Amandeep, Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Muralidhar Sharma and Wakar Raza - whose transfer orders have been temporarily suspended.
The remaining 10 officers named in the earlier notification will, however, have to proceed as dire...