The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday ordered the transfer of ten police officers, including South Zone IG S Murugan, and directed that they should not be assigned any election-related duty.
In a notification, the ECI said it has ordered the transfer of Murugan to a non-election post and asked the state government to send a panel for appointment in place of Murugan.
The Commission also transferred nine other police officers – three from Central Crime Branch (CCB), Chennai, one each from Prohibition Enforcement Wing in Chennai, Tiruchirappalli and Vellore, one from Economic Offences Wing, Chennai, one from Investigative Unit of Crime Against Women, and one from District Crime Records Bureau in Ramanathapuram.
Tamil Nadu will go to the polls on April 6.