Kolkata, April 3 (AHN) Kolkata Police on Friday issued summons for interrogation to two Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in connection with the prolonged tension outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, in central Kolkata, following protest demonstrations by ruling party activists that began on Tuesday and continued till Thursday.

The two councillors summoned are Santi Ranjan Kundu from Ward 32 and Sachin Kumar Singh from Ward 36, both in North Kolkata.

Both Kundu and Singh have been asked to appear at Hare Street Police Station, under whose jurisdiction the CEO’s office falls.

At a recent virtual meeting with top bureaucrats and police officers, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar directed the newly appointed Kolkata Police Commissioner, Ajay Nand, to take strong action against the disruption of law and order in front of the CEO’s office, particularly with regard to the protest demonstrations.

In fact, Nand faced the ire of the Chief Election Commissioner for not taking prompt action to remove the protesters from the area.

On Friday, Kolkata Police also issued show-cause notices to deputy commissioner-rank officers in connection with tension near the convoy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on April 1, when the convoy was approaching the Alipore Survey Building in south Kolkata, where Adhikari was scheduled to file his nomination for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.

The two officers are Deputy Commissioner-II (South) Siddhartha Dutta and Deputy Commissioner-II (Reserve Force) Manas Roy.

At the virtual meeting, the Chief Election Commissioner also expressed displeasure over the developments and questioned why the police were not proactive in preventing the tension.

On the basis of three separate complaints filed at two police stations in south Kolkata, the police registered two FIRs in the matter.

Assembly elections will be held in two phases -- on April 23 and April 29 -- in West Bengal. The results will be announced on May 4.