Election commission orders Vikarabad collector''s suspension
Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, February 9
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the suspension of IAS officer and Vikarabad collector Syed Umar Jalil for violating election norms in December 2018.
The Congress had demanded from the state election commission to suspend the collector who allegedly removed the seals of EVMs when a petition pertaining to the Vikarabad assembly election was pending in court.
It had alleged that the collector opened around 120 EVMs even after being aware of the pending case in the court. The EC which launched an inquiry presented the report to ECI which issued the suspension orders yesterday.
The Tribune has a copy of the ECI letter asking the Chief Secretary of Telangana to take immediate necessary action for suspension and take disciplinary action.
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