West Bengal state police, acting in close coordination with central election surveillance squads, took prominent political leader Humayun Kabir into custody in Murshidabad on charges of unlawful voter inducement and violation of statutory electoral codes during active assembly by-election balloting. Independent election observers intercepted the politician’s campaign entourage near sensitive polling stations following complaints alleging illicit cash handouts and voter intimidation.
District magistrate officials confirmed that flying squad surveillance units recovered significant amounts of unaccounted cash, promotional party merchandise, and marked voter lists from vehicles travelling within the restricted radius of designated polling centers. Police filed formal criminal charges under multiple provisions of the Representation of the People Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita governing electoral bribery and unauthorized polling obstruction.
The state election supervisory board submitted a detailed incident report to the Election Commission of India in New Delhi, affirming that additional security personnel were dispatched immediately to the affected voting centers to guarantee unhindered and peaceful democratic balloting. Kabir was remanded into judicial custody by a local magistrate court pending further investigative proceedings.
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