The Election Commission on Sunday ordered a probe after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing bike-borne men intimidating locals in the Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency ahead of the second phase polling in Bengal, a senior official said.
Immediately after the matter came to light, the EC lodged a formal complaint at Diamond Harbour police station. Officials said a case was registered and a probe initiated. Campaigning for the second phase of the assembly polls on April 29 will end on Monday evening.
Police said the case was registered at Diamond Harbour police station on Sunday under sections of the BNS dealing with criminal intimidation and unlawful acts.
A Trinamool functionary said, "We have come across a video related to Diamond Harbour that is being fed to media by ECI, also known as the 'WhatsApp Commission', claiming that TMC netas are intimidating people. Campaigning is permitted till 10 pm, and the bike rally took place around 9.51 pm. There were no provocative slogans, but 'Bangla-Birodhis' (anti-Bengalis) get intimidated by 'Joy Bangla' slogans."
