India, Aug. 12 -- The Election Commission of India has summoned the West Bengal chief secretary to its office at Nirvachan Sadan in Delhi amid the ongoing tussle between the poll body and the state government over penal actions taken against four state officers.

On August 5 the ECI had directed the Mamata Banerjee-government to suspend four officers - two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and two Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) - and lodge FIRs against them, as well as a data entry operator, after the poll body accused them of adding names of fictitious voters to the electoral roll and compromising data security.

However, the state government withdrew only one officer and a data entry operator from election-relate...