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A ample fig of Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) were recovered scattered successful a tract successful West Bengal's Birbhum territory connected Sunday, portion implicit a 100 Aadhaar cards and different documents were recovered from a Trinamool Congress bureau successful Bidhannagar, triggering governmental sparring and prompting constabulary investigations successful some incidents.
The archetypal incidental came to airy successful Kirnahar country of Birbhum's Nanoor block, wherever locals spotted the elector cards lying crossed a tract connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) morning. The tract is located adjacent to the residence of a erstwhile Booth Level Officer (BLO), triggering suspicion and commotion successful the area.
Police reached the spot aft being informed and began an investigation.
According to section sources, the erstwhile BLO, Hiranyaprabha Mete Maji, who earlier served successful Purba Bardhaman district's Ketugram block, was questioned by constabulary implicit the matter. She had reportedly worked arsenic a BLO from 2012 till 2025 earlier being removed successful accordance with administrative norms.
Ms. Maji claimed that during her tenure, she utilized to cod aged elector cards portion distributing caller ones, but ne'er deposited the discarded cards with the artifact office. Instead, she kept them successful her possession.
"My location was undergoing renovation work, and I had stored the papers successful a sack down the house. Someone whitethorn person thrown them retired into the unfastened area," she told the people, according to sources.
In a abstracted incidental successful Bidhannagar's Ward No. 36 successful Basanti Devi Colony, constabulary recovered much than a 100 Aadhaar cards on with PAN cards and land-related documents from a section Trinamool Congress enactment bureau connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) morning.
The betterment triggered a governmental row, with BJP leaders alleging that the bureau had agelong been utilized for amerciable activities and that residents’ individuality documents had been kept determination for questionable purposes.
Local BJP leaders claimed they had received complaints for a agelong clip that Aadhaar cards of residents were being stored successful the office. They said the premises had been locked by BJP workers aft May 4, the time of the announcement of Assembly predetermination results, and the documents came to airy aft it was reopened.
No absorption from Trinamool yet
Some section residents alleged that respective radical successful the country were earlier prevented from casting votes and their individuality documents were retained astatine the enactment office.
Police from Bidhannagar South constabulary presumption reached the spot and seized the documents for investigation.
No contiguous absorption was disposable from the section Trinamool enactment connected the allegations.
