EC nodal officer yet to be traced

The Election Commission's nodal officer who has gone missing from his office here since Thursday afternoon is yet be traced, Nadia District Magistrate Sumit Gupta said Saturday.

The 30-year-old officer, Arnab Roy, was in-charge of EVMs and VVPATs for the Ranaghat parliamentary constituency.

The Nadia administration has lodged a missing complaint with the Kotwali police station at Krishnagar.

Roy's wife, Anisha Jash, also lodged a missing diary with the police on Thursday night.

"We are yet to spot our officer. The search is on for him," Gupta told PTI.

Gupta rubbished rumours that Roy was spotted in Asansol, his hometown, in Paschim Bardhaman district.

"We have shared his photographs on social networking sites, with the police of other districts, with the media and with adjoining states. There is no news of him," he said.

Asked whether the officer was suffering from any psychological problem due to work-related stress, Gupta said, "I do not have any idea about that."