Kolkata, April 27 (TIWN) Anticipating violence, the Election Commission of India on Tuesday restricted the movement of Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, the president of the party's Birbhum district unit.

EC said that based on serious complaints by various persons and report of the Birbhum district magistrate and SP, it was directing that Mondal should be kept under strict surveillance of executive magistrate and the Central armed police forces (CAPF) round the clock from 5 pm of April 27 to 7 pm April 30 "for ensuring free and fair elections". It also ordered videography to be arranged with date/time stamping. "The team constituted for this purpose should be comprised of CAPF personnel under a local magistrate," EC said while asking the West Bengal chief electoral officer to ensure compliance and confirm the actions taken.