Chandigarh:
The Election Commission has ordered the transfer of IPS officer Rajesh Duggal, the husband of BJP MP Sirsa Sunita Duggal, and directed that he should not be assigned any election-related work until the conclusion of the Lok Sabha polls in the state.
Based on the European Commission directive, the Haryana government issued the transfer order on Thursday.
Rajesh Duggal, who was holding the charge as Joint Commissioner of Police, Gurugram, has now been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police at the Panchkula police headquarters with immediate effect.
“Further, as directed by the Election Commission of India, he will not be assigned any election-related work till the completion of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the state,” read the order from Haryana’s Additional Chief Secretary (Home) TVSN. Prasad.
Elections to the ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana will be held on May 25 in the sixth phase of elections.
Also at the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the ECI had ordered that Rajesh Duggal, who was then holding the charge as Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Haryana Armed Police in Hisar, would be posted outside Hisar and Sirsa constituencies.
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