FIR against polling officials over interference in voting at elderly man’s home in Kerala’s Kannur
On polling official suspended over interference in voting at an elderly person’s home in Kannur, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul said that the polling personal who were involved have been suspended and FIR has been filed against them Talking about polling officials’ suspension over interference in the home voting of an elderly in Kannur, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul on April 20 said that an FIR has been filed against all personnel who were involved in the act. He also informed that While speaking to ANI, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul said, “The process is when we go for home voting, there is a team of polling personnel which has a Micro Observer also as well as a videographer and policeman. They go to homes where poll those are opted for home voting. Recently, one incident came to light within the Kannur district, we got some visuals where a man was supposed to vote, unfortunately, he was influenced by some people as to where he had to put his vote.We can interpret it as intimidation of the voter, which is illegal. As soon as it came to our notice, we told the district election officer Kannur.All polling personnel who were involved, action has been taken against them, they have been suspended; criminal cases and FIR have been filed.”