CEO writes to EC seeking action against Kempaiah
Bengaluru: Taking note of Kempaiah, adviser to Home Minister, continuing to perform his duties, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here has written to the Election Commission (EC) seeking action.
According to sources in the CEO’s office, election officials here are awaiting instructions from EC to proceed further on the issue. “Once we hear from the commission, it will be communicated to the Chief Secretary as well as the district election officer, who will have to initiate appropriate action.”
According to a TH report, after the model code of conduct came into force, the government appointed advisers and political secretaries who do not have any role. Sources also said that it had come to their notice that Mr. Kempaiah had worked after the code of conduct came into force.
Meanwhile, to assess the election preparedness of the machinery in the State, Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat is visiting the State for three days from Wednesday. He will be joined by Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sunil Arora. A press note said the two top functionaries of the EC will be meeting CEO Sanjiv Kumar, Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha and Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Neelamani Raju, besides a host of officials involved in the election process and leaders of political parties.
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19-year-old woman raped by 5 men, including driver of police vehicle, in Chhattisgarh; 2 detained
Korba (Chhattisgarh)(PTI): A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men, including the driver of police's emergency response service vehicle, in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Saturday.
Two accused, including the driver of Dial 112 police helpline vehicle, have been taken into custody, they said.
The incident took place on January 8 night under the Bankimongra police station limits when one of the five accused known to the victim called her, a police official here said.
The accused took the girl to a deserted house in Bankimongra, where the driver and four others allegedly took turns to rape her, he said.
After the incident, the accused fled the spot, leaving the victim in an unconscious condition. The victim later managed to reach her home and narrated the ordeal to her family members, who immediately took her to the medical college hospital and later informed the police, he said.
The case was initially registered as a zero FIR at the Civil Lines police station on Friday and later transferred to Bankimongra police station for investigation, he said.
Korba Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari, two accused, including the private driver of 'Dial 112' service have been detained in the case and efforts are on to trace three other accused.
