India, Aug. 5 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday suspended four West Bengal government officers - two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and two Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) - for allegedly adding names of fictitious voters into the electoral roll and compromising data security, officials said.

The poll panel also directed the state chief secretary to lodge FIRs against the four officers and a data entry operator. The two EROs are West Bengal Civil Service (executive) officers.

"The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal had forwarded a report on July 29 informing about the wrongful addition of names in the electoral rolls by EROs and AEROs of Baruipur Purba and Moyna assembly constituenc...