Counting superviser, dummy agent held

  • | Friday | 14th December, 2018

The woman emerged as the winner but her celebrations were muted as her husband is behind bars. It has also come to light that two of the counting superviser’s relatives were contesting as AIUDF candidates from the same ZPC, a self-declaration he should have made as per EC guidelines.Khan ordered immediate arrest of the superviser. Sadar Police OC Surajit Choudhury said a case has been registered against him under Representation of People’s Act, 1951 and various sections under IPC.In a separate development in Hailakandi, a dummy agent was arrested for posing as a representative of an AGP candidate when he was actually representing an Independent candidate.In yet another development, the husband of a gram panchayat member candidate was handed over to police because he entered the counting centre with his wife’s entry pass with his photo pasted on it. SILCHAR: A beat officer engaged as counting superviser at a panchayat election counting centre in Hailakandi has been arrested for mixing up AGP votes and AIUDF votes.AGP zilla parishad council (ZPC) candidate Hilaluddin Borbhuiya, who is contesting for a seat in the Bhatirkupa-Boalipar ZPC , lodged a complaint with returning officer Adil Khan on Wednesday alleging electoral malpractice committed by Ramnathpur beat officer Abul Hussain Mazumder, who was engaged as superviser at Hall Number 10.Ordering recounting on the basis of the complaint, Khan detected that there was a big difference in the number of votes polled, 69, and the number of votes recorded, 113.

SILCHAR: A beat officer engaged as counting superviser at a panchayat election counting centre in Hailakandi has been arrested for mixing up AGP votes and AIUDF votes.AGP zilla parishad council (ZPC) candidate Hilaluddin Borbhuiya, who is contesting for a seat in the Bhatirkupa-Boalipar ZPC , lodged a complaint with returning officer Adil Khan on Wednesday alleging electoral malpractice committed by Ramnathpur beat officer Abul Hussain Mazumder, who was engaged as superviser at Hall Number 10.Ordering recounting on the basis of the complaint, Khan detected that there was a big difference in the number of votes polled, 69, and the number of votes recorded, 113. It has also come to light that two of the counting superviser’s relatives were contesting as AIUDF candidates from the same ZPC, a self-declaration he should have made as per EC guidelines.Khan ordered immediate arrest of the superviser. Sadar Police OC Surajit Choudhury said a case has been registered against him under Representation of People’s Act, 1951 and various sections under IPC.In a separate development in Hailakandi, a dummy agent was arrested for posing as a representative of an AGP candidate when he was actually representing an Independent candidate.In yet another development, the husband of a gram panchayat member candidate was handed over to police because he entered the counting centre with his wife’s entry pass with his photo pasted on it. The woman emerged as the winner but her celebrations were muted as her husband is behind bars.

If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

NYOOOZ FRIEND

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Latest Guwahati headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles