Udupi Deputy Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati makes surprise visit at Election training centre
Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency’s Deputy Commissioner and Electoral Officer Hephsibah Rani Korlapati paid a surprise visit to the Udupi’s St. Sicily School on Sunday where officers selected for Election duty during Lok Sabha Elections were being trained.
The surprise visit of Deputy Commissioner stirred confusion among the trainers and trainee staffs for sometime before the DC instructed staffs to continue the training.
The Deputy Commissioner then enquired if the officers had any doubts regarding the election process and instructed the officers not avoid talking at the voting centres. “If you have problems raise it directly, avoid unnecessary talking at the booth. Udupi district has been model district during elections and we need to make sure it continues like that during this election as well”.
The Deputy Commissioner said that all officers and staff should work in co-ordination of each other and ensure that free and fair election is conducted.
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
