Chennai:
Five Information Technology companies in Elcot campus in
Shollinganallur that remained open during the polling day were booked for violating
Election Code of Conduct.
The five companies that violated the election code of
conduct include Wipro, HCL, Voltas, Sodexho and Tech Mahindra.
Revenue Inspector Jayanthi Mala told Express that the
raid was conducted by Shollinganallur Tahsildar D Ravichandran along with
deputy Tahsildar Senthil and herself at the Elcot campus after employees of
these firms sent SMS to Election Control Room stating that they were being
forced to work despite the election commission order announcing holiday for them
to vote.
During the raid it was found out that though the
employees were allowed to go and vote, they were also directed to come back to
office.
“These companies were working on two shifts. We closed
all the gates and kept open one gate and asked the staff to come out. There
were around 2,000 to 4,000 employees in the first shift and same number were to report
to office during the second shift,” she said.
Mala said that voting by IT personnel has always been
negligible during the elections as they hardly get time to vote. “Most of the
companies don’t declare holiday, so many hardly vote. The raid was to encourage
IT personnel to vote,” she said.
She said a First Information Report against the five
companies were registered by Semencherry Police Station.
“We have stationed a flying squad under a sub-inspector
to ensure that the company remains closed till the polling gets over,” she
said.
The IT company officials could not be reached.
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