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Bengal SIR: Durjan Majhi, who died by termination hours earlier SIR hearing; Jamat Ali, who died astatine location aft getting a proceeding notice; a young parent astatine a proceeding venue with her 3-month-old child; 90-year-old Muktibala Paramanik being brought to a proceeding centre
PURULIA/TAMLUK: Families of 2 aged voters who died connected Monday, aft receiving proceeding notices, person lodged constabulary complaints against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Bengal main electoral serviceman Manoj Agarwal, holding them liable for the deaths.
Deceased Purulia elector Durjan Majhi's lad Kanai alleged his father's sanction was determination connected the carnal 2002 Bengal SIR rolls but was missing from the 2002 SIR database uploaded connected the EC website, resulting successful a proceeding announcement being sent. The 82-year-old jumped earlier a moving bid conscionable hours earlier his scheduled SIR hearing. EC had successful a notification connected Dec 27 said 1.3 lakh specified voters, whose names look connected the 2002 carnal SIR rotation but are not reflected connected EC's online database owed to a method glitch, volition not person to look for a hearing. Son of Jamat Ali Sekh, a 64-year-old Howrah nonmigratory who died connected Monday soon aft receiving a proceeding notice, alleged that the CEC and CEO misused their powers to enactment his father, a valid voter, nether intelligence duress, causing his death. Reacting to this, an EC authoritative said, "No FIR tin beryllium lodged against the CEC. The instrumentality is circumstantial connected this. A CEO excessively cannot beryllium blamed for immoderate transgression offence portion discharging his duties. Any FIR drawn by constabulary volition person ineligible consequences." Meanwhile, connected Tuesday, 75-year-old Bimal Shee, who was distraught aft being sent a proceeding notice, was recovered hanging successful his location successful East Midnapore.
