BLO Error Behind ‘Deceased Voters’ in Draft Rolls: DEO Report

PTI, Kolkata, Jan 6, 2026: The concerned District Electoral Officers’ (DEOs’) report in connection with three electors shown as deceased in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft rolls has revealed that it was an unintended mistake on the part of the concerned Booth Level Officer (BLO).

The three electors, namely Manirul Molla and Maya Das from Metiabruz, and Harekrishna Giri from Kakdwip, were mistakenly listed as deceased. However, all three were seen walking on the ramp at a political meeting in Baruipur, addressed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on January 2. The poll body had sought a report from the concerned DEO following the ‘ghost walk’.

According to the report, in the case of Molla and Giri, the concerned BLOs realised their mistakes on the very day the draft rolls were published. They suspected that the errors occurred during the digitisation process of names and promptly informed the concerned Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). The two voters were immediately contacted by their respective BLOs and asked to fill out the requisite form for inclusion of their names in the electoral roll, ensuring their names would appear in the final roll.

In the case of Maya Das, it was also an unintended technical error. The reports have been forwarded to the poll panel by the office of the Bengal Chief Electoral Officer.