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Election Commission appoints District Magistrates in four districts in West Bengal

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed new District Magistrates in four districts of West Bengal. This decision comes after the ECI ordered the removal of the DMs of East Midnapore, East Burdwan, Jhargram, and Birbhum districts. The new appointees are Joyoshi Das Gupta for Purba Medinipur, MoumitaGodara Basu for Jhargram, K Radhika Ayer for Purba Bardhaman, and Shashank Sethi for Birbhum. The officials who were removed, including Bidhan Chandra Roy, Tanvir Afzal, Purnendu Kumar Majhi, and Sunil Agarwala, were all from the West Bengal Civil Service cadre.