The district election officer and district magistrate of Dungarpur Ankit Kumar Singh has served show cause notice on Simalvada SDM Kapil Kumar Kothari for observing laxity in election related activities.
Kothari is returning officer of Chaurasi assembly segment where bypoll is being conducted on November 13, 2024.
Kothari has allegedly left the station on October 31 to November 1, 2024 without informing or taking prior permission. He was found absent during the inspection conducted by the observer.
Kothari, a 2021 batch Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer, had served SDM Dhariyabad (Pratapgarh), Lasadiya in Salumbar and Udaipur in his previous postings.
The Chaurasi assembly segment fell vacant after its MLA Rajkumar Rout won the Lok Sabha elections and quit the seat. Now there is a triangular fight between BJP's Karilal Damor, Congress' Mahesh Chandra Rot and Anil kumar Katara of Bhartiya Adiwasi Party (BAP).
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