"Instructions Not Followed": Poll Body On Suspended IAS Officer | Read

The Election Commission has reacted to the controversy triggered by its decision to suspend an IAS officer for checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter in Odisha's Sambalpur on Tuesday, saying its instructions were not followed. In a press conference, deputy election commissioner Umesh Sinha informed that a senior officer has been sent to the place and a report in this regard will be filed by Friday. "ECI's instructions were not followed and in that context the orders were issued by the commission. The commission also appointed one senior officer to visit the place, who has gone there, who will have view of the observer as well as the officers and he will come back tomorrow and send a report," Mr Sinha said on Thursday.