In a bid to clean up the Pilibhit roll, the UP election office announced Thursday that two EROs and a VRC assistant would face legal and departmental action.
The inquiry sifted through 13,779 Form‑8 applications, approving 10,470 and rejecting 3,309, yet the supporting documents were missing.
Under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, both officers are now facing criminal proceedings, while the assistant, Anil Kumar, has been dismissed; the district magistrate has attached the sub‑divisional magistrates responsible for the voter list.
The opposition’s outcry—Congress and the Samajwadi Party accused a massive EPIC‑number swap, claiming 13,150 voters shared the same card numbers with differing names.
An urgent probe into all Form‑6 and Form‑7 applications is underway, with a report due within 24 hours, and the Election Commission has begun correcting the flagged entries.
A resident of Pilibhit’s Sadar assembly, 65‑year‑old Ram Singh, said his name had been mistakenly swapped, forcing him to re‑apply for a new voter ID.