Pradesh Congress Committee and Cuttack District Congress Committee on Tuesday jointly submitted a memorandum and an audio CD to the State Election Commission (SEC) against the Inspector In-Charge (IIC) of Athagarh police station, alleging that he was acting as a ruling BJD party agent and demanded his replacement for free and fair conduct of the UlB elections.
The said that the BJD workers of Athagarh urban areas had misbehaved with the Congress workers in the presence of the IIC and while the Congress workers had been to the police station to lodge a complaint against the BJD workers, the IIC had opposed the Congress people and refused to accept the FIR. Even the IIC insisted people under his police station limits to extend their support to the ruling BJD, they charged. Senior PCC leader Ashok Samal, Utkal Keshari Routray, Rabi Mullick and Cuttack District Congress Committee president Prakash Chandra Behera were also present.