The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed the Jharkhand government to remove Deoghar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajit Peter Dungdung immediately.

The Commission asked him to hand over the charge to his immediate junior officer. The Commission also barred him from any poll-related duty. The Election Commission has sought three names of officers from the state government to appoint Deoghar SP. Deoghar SP was also removed from his post during the Lok Sabha Elections this year.