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]]> A booth-level officer deployed for the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Rajasthan’s Kotputli-Behror district died after collapsing on his way home, officials said on Thursday. Police stated that the cause of his death will be confirmed only after the post-mortem report is received.

The officer, identified as Vijay Gurjar, aged 42, was working as a BLO at the Government Sardar Senior Secondary School in Kotputli. He reportedly fell on the road while returning home on Wednesday evening and sustained injuries. His family took him to the government BDM District Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Following the incident, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ramavatar Meena, Tehsildar Ramdhan Gurjar and senior police officials reached the hospital. The police conducted a post-mortem examination through a medical board and later handed over the body to the family. A case has been registered at Kotputli police station.

Kotputli Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajendra Kumar said the reason behind Gurjar’s collapse remains unclear and will be known only after the medical report. SDM Meena stated that Gurjar had already completed his Special Intensive Revision duties on December 4 and was under no pressure, adding that the administration had been regularly counselling and assisting BLOs throughout the process.

Family members said Gurjar did not return home until late Wednesday night, prompting them to search for him. He was found unconscious near his home in Karwas village.

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/blo-dies-after-collapse-kotputli-behror-rajasthan/feed 0 Deaths of Two Booth Level Officers Raise Concerns Over Workload During Electoral Roll Revision https://theedgemedia.in/blo-deaths-electoral-roll-revision-controversy https://theedgemedia.in/blo-deaths-electoral-roll-revision-controversy#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:40:43 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=27324 Two primary school teachers serving as booth level officers in the nationwide special intensive revision of electoral rolls, lost their lives to cardiac arrest in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and Gujarat’s Mehsana, triggering sharp allegations about extreme work pressure on officials engaged in the exercise. West Bengal recorded its fourth booth level officer death, since the […]

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]]> Two primary school teachers serving as booth level officers in the nationwide special intensive revision of electoral rolls, lost their lives to cardiac arrest in West Bengal’s Murshidabad and Gujarat’s Mehsana, triggering sharp allegations about extreme work pressure on officials engaged in the exercise.

West Bengal recorded its fourth booth level officer death, since the revision began on November 4, prompting a Trinamool Congress delegation to meet the full bench of the Election Commission in Delhi and accuse the poll body chief of carrying moral responsibility for the deaths.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav also attacked the ongoing revision process, calling it a large scale conspiracy against citizens that he claimed could create a situation more oppressive than the colonial period.

The special intensive revision is currently underway in twelve states and Union territories.

In Gujarat’s Mehsana district, Dinesh Raval, a 50 year old teacher, at a government primary school in Sudasana village, passed away from a heart attack at his home between Thursday night and Friday morning according to Sadasana police sub inspector Udaysinh Zala.

Opposition leaders and teachers’ unions linked his death to heavy workload and inadequate support for booth level officers, though police denied any connection between his duties and the incident

Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi stated that booth level officers are under intense pressure to complete assigned tasks within strict deadlines, while Gujarat State Primary Teacher Association president Digvijaysinh Jadeja said he had heard from other teachers that Raval had been experiencing stress due to his BLO responsibilities.

In West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, Zakir Hossain, a teacher in a state run primary school deployed as a booth level officer, collapsed on Thursday after reporting severe chest pain and was taken to a local hospital where he died later that night according to his family.

Relatives said Hossain had been struggling to balance his booth level duties with regular teaching, and claimed that his school did not relieve him from classroom responsibilities despite multiple requests, forcing him to juggle both roles.

Leaders of the Trinamool Congress, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have accused the Election Commission of assigning an unreasonable and poorly planned workload to booth level officers.

The Bharatiya Janata Party rejected the allegations and argued that any stress faced by booth level officers stemmed from pressure exerted by the ruling Trinamool Congress rather than the Election Commission.

A ten member TMC delegation led by Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien met EC officials in Delhi and raised five questions regarding the deaths and the workload, but said they received no direct answers from Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Mahua Moitra said the delegation submitted a list of forty individuals whose deaths they claim are linked to the revision process, but the Commission dismissed the list as unverified allegations.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav posted a video on social media urging opposition parties, including NDA allies, to unite and expose what he described as a large scale plan by the BJP, warning that tampering with voter rolls could eventually lead to removal of names from land records, ration cards, caste certificates, social welfare lists, and even bank accounts.

BJP spokesperson Harishchandra Srivastava rejected Yadav’s comments and accused him of attempting to create fear and confusion among citizens.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission announced that Lakshadweep has become the first Union territory to complete full distribution and digitisation of enumeration forms under the special intensive revision.

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