India, Aug. 8 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday told the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal to suspend by 3pm on Monday the four state government officers accused of adding names of fictitious voters in the electoral roll and compromising data security.

"No compliance report, indicating specific action taken against the officers, has been received in the Commission so far. The commission has directed that necessary action against the officers shall be taken immediately and a compliance report be furnished to the commission, latest by 3 pm on August 11," said a letter sent by ECI to the state's chief secretary on Friday.

The directive comes just two days after Banerjee slammed the elections watchdog at a rally in...