Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday sought a detailed report from the District Magistrate (also the District Election Officer) of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal over the suicide of a female Booth-Level Officer (BLO) at Mal Bazar area in the same district earlier in the day, reportedly due to the workload of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by the commission.

The commission had sought the report hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a strong social media statement holding the ECI responsible for the suicide of the BLO.

She also claimed that the commission’s undue pressure on the BLOs to complete the revision exercise in just two months has put tremendous pressure on the BLOs and the woman officer at Mal Bazar was the first victim of tha

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