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The Hindu
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Shiv Sahay Singh

ECI shakes up West Bengal administration, special observer arrives in State

EC West Bengal

With just two weeks to go before the first phase of polling in West Bengal, newly appointed special general observer Alok Sinha arrived in Kolkata on April 3. A notification announcing the appointment of special observers to five states, including West Bengal, was made by the Election Commission (EC) on April 2.

The EC had removed Saumya Roy from the position of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kolkata South West Division). The IPS officer’s wife is Arundhuti Moitra alias Lovely Moitra, a Trinamool Congress MLA from Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas.

Reacting to the transfer of Mr. Roy, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that if a family member of some officer is in politics, he or she need not be transferred.

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