Meghalaya: Voter mapped as 'deceased' by BLO; threatens legal action after receiving new EPIC number

Shillong, Oct 20 (UNI) A female voter was mistakenly classified as deceased during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Meghalaya. Election authorities have initiated an inquiry into the matter and removed Booth Level Officer (BLO) Banteilang Suchiang for committing the grave error. The discrepancy came to light after Ridalin Laloo, a voter in the Nongkrem Assembly constituency, discovered that her voter record had allegedly been mapped as "deceased" person, despite her continuing to reside in the locality. "It was a grave error on the part of the BLO to classify my electoral record as deceased during the…