The Election Commission of India on Monday transferred four IPS officers in the districts where Assembly polls would be held in the next three phases and the Trinamul Congress accused the poll panel of acting at the behest of the BJP and transferring officers without consulting the state government.

In an order issued by EC secretary Arvind Anand, the superintendents of police of Birbhum and East Burdwan were transferred, along with the Asansol-Durgapur commissioner of police and the Bolpur subdivisional police officer.

The EC has posted Ajeet Kumar Singh as the SP of

East Burdwan in place of Bhaskar Mukherji, while Nagendra Nath Tripathi has been appointed as the SP of Birbhum in place of Miraj Khalid.

Besides, the poll panel has sent Mitesh Jain to take over as the CP of Asansol-Durgapur to replace Sukesh Jain, while Nagraj Devarakonda has been appointed as the SDPO of Bolpur in Birbhum to replace Abhishek Roy in the post.

Trinamul termed the poll panel as “extremely compromised”.

“EC = Extremely Compromised. EC transfers 4 officers, 48 hours before poll and almost 45 days after the Model (Modi) Code of Conduct has come into effect,” Trinamul Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien tweeted.

Trinamul was especially livid with the appointment of Nagendra Nath Tripathi, who was attached to the Nandigram police station just ahead of the second phase of the elections when Nandigram Assembly segment went to the polls, as the Birbhum SP.

The Nandigram Assembly segment was a sensitive seat for the EC as chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul turncoat Suvendu Adhikari contested against each other.

Tripathi had drawn attention after he had told the chief minister on her face during her sit-in at a booth during the voting that he would not do anything that would stain his uniform.

“NN Tripathi, same person who was made in-charge of Nandigram, now shifted to Birbhum,” Derek O’Brien tweeted.

Sources in the ruling party said the EC had made it clear that it was heavily influenced by the BJP after it had sent Tripathi to Birbhum, known to be a Trinamul stronghold.

“Tripathi made the BJP bosses happy with his activities in Nandigram... Now, the BJP wants Tripathi in Birbhum as we have a strong organisation there,” said a Trinamul leader.

Sources in the poll panel said the officers who were transferred had specific complaints against them.

Trinamul alleged all the complaints against the officers transferred on Monday had been lodged by the BJP.