Ulhasnagar: The Central police station in Ulhasnagar has registered an FIR against four teachers for allegedly neglecting election duties assigned to them as booth-level officers (BLOs) in the Ulhasnagar assembly constituency.The action follows complaints filed by assistant municipal commissioners Vishal Kadam and Ganesh Shimpi, who are also serving as assistant electoral registration officers for the constituency. The accused are Santosh Gorade, Monika Narang, Mahesh Badekar and Anil Patil. Officials said the four were assigned responsibilities such as SIR mapping, verification of unclear voter photographs and removal of duplicate entries. However, they allegedly completed less than 20% of the assigned work and failed to carry out the verification process diligently. —Pradeep Gupta
