The Election Commission has suspended an official deployed as a zonal magistrate for elections in the Kairana Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh for negligence in duty, offi🔜cials said on Saturday.
Vo💫ting for the Kairana Assembly seat in Shamli district was hel🃏d on February 10 in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections.
On the directives of the Election Commission, Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Narender Pratap Singh, who was deputed as zonal 💖magistrate in the Kairana constituency, has been suspended, Shamli District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur said.
The district authorities had recommended ac♋tion against the official based on a complaint stating EVM machines were found unattended in his vehicle after polling in the constituency.
The complaint was lodged by the Samajwadi Party. A poli🐎ceman and a home guard have already suspended in this connection.
