Director Security, SP suspended, DM removed over Nandigram incident

The Election Commission said that Director Security Vivek Sahay and Purba Medinipur's Superintendent of Police Pravin Prakash have been suspended over the incident in Nandigram in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured.

District Magistrate Vibhu Goel was also removed over the incident and transferred to a non-election post, it said.

The decisions come following a meeting of the EC over the report submitted by West Bengal chief secretary and the joint report by special general observers Ajay Nayak and Vivek Dube over the incident that happened on March 10, an official statement said.

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