South 24 Parganas District Magistrate P B Salim and Superintendent of Police of North 24 Parganas district Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury have been transferred to non-election posts with immediate effect, officials said.
Polling in the two districts will be held in the fourth and fifth phases on April 25 and 30.
Salim has been replaced by Avanindra Singh, Commissioner of School Education, while Roy Chowdhury by Annappa E, Superintendent of Railway Police at Siliguri.
Ever since the election process began, the poll panel has transferred a number of officials, including a district magistrate, several superintendents of police and even Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar.
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