Summary:
Patna, Oct 28 (PTI) A police officer in Bihar was on Thursday taken off election duty following complaints by the opposition RJD that he was “intimidating” voters in an assembly constituency ahead of by-polls.
According to an order issued by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Darbhanga, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dilip Kumar Jha was being taken off election duty “because of administrative reasons”.J ha was on election duty in Kusheshwar Asthan assembly segment where by-poll is scheduled on Saturday.
The action was taken on a day leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav called a press conference and shared an email sent by RJD Rajya Sabha member Manoj Jha to the Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar last week.
In the email, sent on October 23, the DSP had been accused of “using intimidating techniques (sic) to scare the voters particularly from marginalized communities”.
Yadav had taken strong exception to the fact that the DSP, who had previously served as a Sub Divisional Police Officer in Darbhanga, was removed from the post after his prolonged continuance was raised by the RJD in assembly but retained in the same district where he was attached to the police office.
“The official has a tainted record, has amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.