Friday, September 11, 2009

EVMs incharge of Vikasnagar suspended, inquiry ordered

PTI


Dehradun, Sep 10 (PTI) The EVMs in-charge for Uttarakhand's Vikasnagar assembly seat, where bypoll was held today, has been suspended for allegedly not depositing some of the machines meant for training poll personnel to the godowns in time.

District Magistrate of Dehra Dun D Sainthil Pandiyan suspended EVMs incharge D S Rawat, an engineer with the Rural Engineering Department with immediate effect, official sources today said.

The action against Rawat was taken following a complaint by a group of Congress workers who intercepted a vehicle carrying these EVMs without a code number inscribed on them yesterday.

The District Magistrate ordered a probe into the matter to be conducted by Additional District Magistrate (Administration) asking him to find out as to why these EVMs were not deposited to the godown in time

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