Bihar polls: EC orders immediate transfer of Patna SP following Mokama violence

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered the transfer of Patna Superintendent of Police (Rural) following violence in Bihar's Mokama after the murder of a supporter of the Jan Suraaj Party .

Tensions have escalated in Mokama ahead of the assembly elections in the state after Dularchand Yadav, a Jan Suraaj Party supporter, was killed during an election campaign. On Friday, Yadav’s supporters threw stones at the car of Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Mokama candidate Veena Devi.

The Election Commission directed that Vikram Sihag, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Patna, be transferred immediately. It also instructed that a panel of officers be urgently sent for posting a substitute in his place, the poll authority informed the state chief electoral officer.

Earlier on Friday, the Election Commission had sought a detailed report from the state administration at the earliest.

Bihar is scheduled to vote in two phases on November 6 and 11, with counting set for November 14.

With inputs from PTI