EC transfers Barabanki and Sant Kabir Nagar DMs

New Delhi, Apr 12: The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the immediate transfer of District Magistrates (DM) of Barabanki and Sant Kabir Nagar in Uttar Pradesh where the assembly elections are under way and the third phase of polling is to be held tomorrow.

According to sources in EC the order was issued in the wake of mounting complaints with the commission on the style of functioning of the two DMs. The commission has simultaneously posted R Niteshwar Kumar and Chob Singh as the new DMs of the two districts.

UNI