Bengal govt appoints new director security as per ECI order

The West Bengal government onMonday appointed IPS officer Gyanwant Singh as the newdirector security in place of Vivek Sahay who was removed bythe Election Commission of India (ECI) over the incident inNandigram in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was injured,an official said.

Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay held a meetingwith Director General of Police P Nirajnayan and decided toappoint Singh, who was the additional director security, forthe post.

A communication about the states decision wasforwarded to the ECI which had directed the administration toappoint a new director security by 1 pm on Monday, theofficial said.

The chief minister was injured on March 10 duringcampaigning in Nandigram constituency in Purba Medinipurdistrict, from where she is contesting the assembly election.

The ECI suspended and removed Sahay “for grosslyfailing in discharge of his primary duty as Director Securityto protect the Z+ protectee”. The IPS officer was alsosuspended by the poll panel.

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