The election commission has directed the district election officers (DEOs) of two districts in West Bengal to book four government officials and a data entry operator, for adding names of fictitious voters in the electoral roll and compromising data security, in August 2025. EC directs DEO to lodge FIR against 4 officials; logical discrepancies drop from 16.3 mn to 9.4 mn in WB “The district magistrates (who double up as DEOs) of South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore have been directed to lodge FIRs against two electoral registration officers (EROs), two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) and a data entry operator,” said a senior poll panel official. The poll panel, during a sample checking of applications from new voters in the state, had found that the two EROs accepted a large number of Form 6 from alleged fictitious voters, officials aware of the developments said. Further enquiry revealed that the mandatory verification by the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were also allegedly not done in those cases. The officers also provided user access to ERO Net, …