Overview

• The state government suspended two Electoral Registration Officers and two Assistant EROs over alleged fictitious entries and data-security lapses during the Special Intensive Revision.
• No FIRs have been lodged against the suspended officials or the identified data entry operator, with sources saying departmental proceedings will be led by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant.
• The suspended officials are Debottam Dutta Choudhury and Tathagata Mondal from Baruipur Purba, and Biplab Sarkar and Sudipta Das from Moyna, according to official communications.
• Pant earlier informed the Election Commission that Sudipta Das and data entry operator Surojit Halder had been withdrawn from electoral duties as internal inquiries began.
• The Election Commission ordered suspensions and FIRs on August 5, set follow-up deadlines, and summoned Pant to New Delhi on August 13, after which he assured action within seven days.