EC ORDERS TRANSFER OF PATNA SP OVER MOKAMA VIOLENCE

THE Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered the transfer of Patna Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vikram Sihag and disciplinary action against three other officials, two days after a violent clash between supporters of the JD(U) candidate Anant Singh and those of Jan Suraaj Party, including gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav in Mokama, leaving the latter dead.

- RAMASHANKAR @Patna

The EC earlier sought a report on the incident from the Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar on Friday. In its instructions to the state chief electoral officer CEO) on Saturday, the EC ordered Sihag's transfer and directed that a panel of officers to select his substitute be sent urgently.