Pathanamthitta District Collector S. Prem Krishnan, who is also the District Election Officer, on Sunday suspended three polling officials including a Booth Level Officer following a complaint over voting fraud.
Officials said the Special Poll Officers A. Deepa, Kala S. Thomas and Booth Level Officer P. Ambili have been suspended pending investigation in a complaint over a woman casting her vote from home in the name of a deceased person. The complaint pertained to a vote cast by one Annamma, a voter in booth number 144 in the Aranmula Assembly constituency.
As the complaint, the woman had cast a vote in the name of her deceased mother-in law, who also bore the same name as Annamma.
