Published 08:02 IST, March 5th 2020

Murshidabad: Man issued voter ID card with dog's picture, BDO asserts 'will be corrected'

In a startling situation, a man from Murshidabad on Wednesday was issued a voter's Identity Card with a dog's picture on it, instead of his

Reported by: Manjiri Chitre
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In a startling situation, a man from Murshidab on Wednesday was issued a voter's Identity Card with a dog's picture on it, inste of his. Identified as Sunil Karmakar, he is a resident of Ramnagar vill in West Bengal's Murshidab. As per reports, Block Development asserted that picture has been corrected and resident will ger revised voter ID card with correct picture. 

Sunil Karmakar's statement

According to Karmakar, he applied for a correction in voter ID as soon as he received it with a dog's picture on it. Speaking to news ncy, ANI, he said, "Yesterday I was called at Dulal Smriti School and this voter ID card was given to me. I saw photo. officer re signed and gave it to me but he didn't see photo. This is playing with my dignity. I will go to BDO office and request that this should t happen again." 

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'Done by mistake': BDO

According to Block Development Officer, Rajarshi Chakraborty, dog's picture was printed on voter ID Card by mistake. Speaking to news ncy, ANI, he said, "It's t his final voter ID card. If re is a mistake, it'll be corrected. As far as dog's photo is concerned, it might have been done by someone while filling online application. photo has alrey been corrected. He'll get final ID card with correct photo." 

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(With ANI Inputs)

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08:02 IST, March 5th 2020