MALDA, Feb. 26: Dr AN Khan Choudhury, elder brother of Malda Congress MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury, has almost become the centre of controversy over his Swiss citizenship issue with a Malda lawyer, Mr Ashoke Agarwala, filing a complaint against him. The lawyer filed a complained with the electoral registration officer, English Bazaar Assembly constituency, urging deletion of his name from the voters’ list.
Mr Agarwala submitted an application in a prescribed form (Form-7) of the Election Commission to the Malda district magistrate, Mr Sridhar Ghosh, yesterday evening demanding deletion of Dr Khan Choudhury's name from the voters’ list. The ERO, Mr Prakash Pal, who is also the Malda SDO, said: “We shall have to issue notices to Dr AN Khan Choudhury and the objector, Mr Ashoke Agarwala, for a hearing soon in addition to a public notice in this regard.”
It may be noted that following an instruction from the state chief electoral officer, Mr Debasish Sen, the Malda district magistrate, Mr Sridhar Ghosh, yesterday appointed a deputy magistrate, Mr Ajmal Hossain, to verify the citizenship status of Dr Khan Choudhury. n SNS
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