Last Updated:November 28, 2025, 22:38 IST Dineshkumar Raval’s family and colleagues have alleged that his death occurred around 2.30 am while he was engaged in the mandatory online uploading process for the SIR exercise This fatality is the latest in a troubling series of deaths reported among BLOs in Gujarat and other states performing the SIR duty. (Representational pic; News18) Another incident of a booth-level officer (BLO) death under tragic circumstances has been reported in Gujarat, intensifying the growing controversy surrounding the heavy workload of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. Dineshkumar Raval (50), the principal of the Government Primary Girls’ School in Sudasana village of Satlasana taluka, Mehsana district, died in the early hours of Friday due to a heart attack. Raval’s family and colleagues have alleged that his death occurred around 2.30 am while he was actively engaged in the mandatory online uploading process for the SIR exercise. The Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, a teachers’ organisation, stated that Raval was compelled to work late into the night—a pattern reported by …