Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 18 -- A day after the death by suicide of a booth-level officer (BLO) in Kannur district purportedly due to the heavy workload and mental stress associated with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, thousands of BLOs across the state under the leadership of Congress and Left service organisations boycotted work on Monday and staged protests demanding a deferment of the exercise.

Separate marches were carried out in Thiruvananthapuram by the Action Council of State Government Employees and Teachers, the Kerala NGO Association and the Secretariat Action Council to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U Kelkar.

The marches were blocked by the police leading to scuffles at variou...