Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today asked Odisha Government to immediately transfer two District Collectors and six senior police officials ahead of the General Elections 2024.
According to the ECI sources, eight senior officers to be transferred with immediate effect are Cuttack Collector Vineet Bhardwaj, Jagatsinghpur Collector Parul Patawari, Angul Superintendent of Police (SP) Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra, Berhampur SP in Ganjam Saravana Vivek M, Khurda SP Jugal Kishore Banoth, Rourkela SP Mitrabhanu Mahapatra, Sundargarh SP Kanwar Vishal Singh, and Inspector General of Police (Central Range) in Cuttack Ashish Kumar Singh.
Writing a letter to the Chief Secretary of Odisha Pradeep Kumar Jena in this regard, ECI Secretary Rakesh Kumar said that the eight senior officials be transferred to non-election related posts. A panel of three eligible officers should be provided in respect of each of the above-mentioned posts.
Notably, the Secretary requested the State government to send a compliance report to the Commission latest by 5.00 pm today (i.e. April 2, 2024).
