Kannur District Collector Arun K. Vijayan, also the District Election Officer, took action following a complaint of voter impersonation at booth number 70 of the Kannur constituency in Kerala on April 20. The polling officer and the booth level officer (BLO) involved have been suspended pending investigation.
The complaint was formally lodged by the Assembly segment’s assistant returning officer at the local police station.
Left Democratic Front (LDF) Kannur district convener N. Chandran lodged a complaint alleging that the BLO misled election officials to the wrong residence for voting. Instead of directing them to the house of 86-year-old K. Kamalakshi at Keezhathali, the BLO led them to the residence of V. Kamalakshi at Thazhae Chovva where the vote was registered.
