Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) In a significant development, it has come to light that Amit Kumar Mandal, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Katwa in the East Burdwan district, had gone missing after taking out a loan of Rs 50 lakh. This loan may have contributed to his disappearance, and there are no connections to “pressure” from the Special Intensive Review (SIR) work.According to the police, the BLO went missing after taking a loan of Rs 50 lakh. The police have informed the Election Commission about …
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Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A controversy has surfaced in West Bengal after the Election Commission of India (ECI) summoned the mother, brother, and brother’s wife of a Trinamool Congress legislator to appear for hearing on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list despite all having names in the 2002 voters’ list, the last time when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was conducted in the state.The said legislator, Nabin Chandra Bag from Khandaghosh Assembly constituency in East Bur…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Another suicide has been reported in East Burdwan district in West Bengal due to alleged fear over deportation after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the police said on Saturday. A 53-year-old man, identified as Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay, committed suicide by hanging himself due to the fear of being deported because of an error in his documents in the SIR process. Although his ancestral home was in Chandannagar in Hooghly district, he currently used to reside in t…