Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, wrote a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking removal of Police officers Shantanu Sinha Biswas (Kolkata Deputy Commissioner of Police), Bijitaswa Routh (Inspector-in-Charge), and Rahul Amin Ali Shah (Sub-Inspector) for their alleged partisan and compromised roles.
“It has come to notice that Deputy Commissioner of Police Shantanu Sinha Biswas and Bijitaswa Routh (Inspector-in-Charge), Rahul Amin Ali Shah (Sub-Inspector) of Kolkata Police making an appeal for ensuring the victory of their ‘guardian’ Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling TMC at the State Conference of the West Bengal Police Welfare Committee,” the letter said.
The BJP also submitted a video to the State CEO office in this regard.
The BJP also said that complaints against the said Kolkata Deputy Commissioner of Police Shantanu Sinha Biswas was made in front of the full bench of Election Commission of India on March 9. However, no action has been taken.
“It is pertinent to point out during the 2021 Vidhan Sabha Elections; the said Shantanu Sinha Biswas (now DCP) had been transferred to Cooch Behar after elections had concluded in that area. This ensured he was not physically in any area where voting was still to be held. The integrity of the electoral process relies heavily on the neutrality and unbiased functioning of all officials involved, particularly those entrusted with maintaining law and order,” the BJP said in the letter.
“In view of the above, I humbly request your office to kindly take appropriate steps without any further delay to ensure that the said officers transferred out from West Bengal till conclusion of the electoral process,” the letter noted.
The development came after the Trinamool Congress sought the immediate removal of the Returning Officer for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, alleging he has proximity with BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.
In a representation submitted to Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday, the Trinamool Congress raised objections to the appointment of Returning Officer Surajit Roy for the Bhabanipur seat in southern Kolkata.
–IANS
sch/khz
