The Election Commission, on Thursday, has appointed Vivek Dubey (Retd. IPS:1981: AP) as the Central Police Observer for West Bengal and Jharkhand during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
He would replace K.K. Sharma (Retd. IPS:1982:RJ). Sharma has now been assigned the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
These observers would oversee the deployment and other security related issues in the said states.