Printing press owner booked, official suspended over rape convict's photo on hoarding

The owner of a printing press was booked and an official of the Hoshiarpur District Election Office (DEO) suspended on Thursday for putting the picture of a 2012 Delhi gang-rape convict on a hoarding which encouraged people to vote, officials said.

Departmental action was initiated against Rajan Monga, incharge of the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP), an official spokesman said.

Karnail Singh, an election tehsildar, was suspended and Tajinder Singh of Anand Signways Printing Press booked for putting the picture on the hoarding, an official spokesman said.

Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Isha Kalia on Wednesday said that she had handed over the investigation to Additional Deputy Commissioner Harpreet Singh Sudan after the matter was brought to her notice.

The Punjab State Election Commission also had recommended police action against the printing press owner after the picture of Mukesh Singh featured on the flex hoarding.

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