NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over reports of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) being threatened and obstructed while carrying out the Election Commission ’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and other states, PTI reported. “Bring to our notice instances of lack of cooperation, threatening of BLOs; we'll pass orders,” the bench told the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it claimed that its work was being “hindered” in some states. The ECI later stated that if the situation continues to worsen, it would have no option but to take police under deputation. The Commission told the Supreme Court that it has all constitutional powers to deal with the threatening of BLOs and other officials engaged in SIR work. “Deal with situa

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