EC cracks down on officers for negligence in defending Mamata Banerjee

A day after Special Observers reported to the Election Commission (EC) that the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured in an accident and never on account of a ‘planned attack’, the nodal election physique has cracked down on officers for negligence. The EC had accepted the report earlier on Sunday.
In a press release, the Election Commission has ordered the suspension of IPS Vivek Sahay from the submit of Director of Security. “Charges must be framed against him within a week for grossly failing in discharge of his primary duty as Director Security to protect the Z+ protectee,” it added.
#UPDATE | Election Commission removes Vivek Sahay from submit of Director, Security & locations him underneath suspension. “Charges must be framed against him within a week for grossly failing in discharge of his primary duty as Director Security to protect the Z+ protectee,” the EC says— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2021
The nodal election physique has additionally transferred Vibhu Goel from the submit of District Magistrate (DM) and DEO of Purba Medinipur and positioned IAS Smita Pandey in his place. At the identical time, the Election Commission has additionally suspended the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Purba Medinipur Pravin Prakash for a significant failure within the administration of the scenario. “Charges shall be framed against him for major failure of bandobast,” it mentioned.
Election Commission motion on Nandigram incident: EC suspends Purba Medinipur SP Pravin Prakash. “Charges shall be framed against him for major failure of bandobast,” the fee says.— ANI (@ANI) March 14, 2021
According to Times of India journalist Bharti Jain, IPS officer Sunil Kumar Yadav (2009 Batch) will substitute IPS Pravin Prakash because the SP of Purba Medinipur. She knowledgeable that the Chief Secretary has been requested to nominate Director of Security rather than IPS Vivek Sahay. The Chief Secretary has been directed to seek the advice of the Directorate General of Police (DGP) and talk the identical to the EC by 1 pm on Monday (March 15).
She additional said, “A Committee of Chief Secretary and DGP shall identify within next 3 days the other proximate security personnel below Director Security, who failed in their duties to prevent the incident and protect the Z+ protectee and take suitable action for their failure.” At the identical time, the CEOs of all poll-bound states and Union Territories have been directed by the Election Commission to make sure the safety of star campaigners and candidates of all political events, in accordance with their respective class of safety.
The Election Commission has additionally directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary to finish the probe in Mamata Banerjee’s accident case in Nandigram (Case No. 97/21) and take mandatory motion inside 15 days. The nodal election physique additionally requested for a report on the identical by March 31, 2021. The EC has additionally appointed Anil Kumar Sharma, former Punjab DGP (Intelligence), as 2nd Special police Observer together with Vivek Dube.
Mamata Banerjee was injured in an accident, no proof of assault: Special Observers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured on Wednesday night in Nandigram, the place she had claimed that she was pushed by 4-5 individuals, and there was no police safety round her. Following it, the TMC leaders had launched an enormous assault in opposition to BJP and the Election Commission, accusing them of the ‘attack’.
Special police observer Vivek Dubey and particular observer Ajay Nayak inspected the accident web site in Nandigram earlier than submitting their detailed report back to the Election Commission on Saturday. , the report by the particular observers has dominated out any risk of an assault on Mamata Banerjee, saying there is no such thing as a proof of any assault.
The observers mentioned that the CM was surrounded by heavy police cowl on the time of the incident, and it was not potential for anybody to return close to her and push her inflicting the harm, as claimed by the CM minutes after the incident on Wednesday.