Aizawl: Civil societies and political parties Wednesday took out a rally in Mamit district demanding the removal of the deputy commissioner for conducting revision of the voter list in the six Bru relief camps in Tripura.

The rally organised by the Mizoram NGO Co-ordination Committee and all political parties demanded that deputy commissioner Bhupesh Choudhary be transferred from Mamit district before September 10.

The NGO Co-ordination Committee, had earlier objected to the revision of Mizoram's voter list in the relief camps outside the state and demanded that the revision be undertaken after the completion of the repatriation process, which will continue till September 25.

A special investigation team has been set up to probe the burglary at the Mamit election officer's office on August 23 in which all the filled claim and objection forms collected from the Bru relief camps were stolen.

The SIT arrested 11 people in this connection.

Election Commission of India's secretary S.B. Joshi and under secretary Santosh Kumar Dubey visited Mamit town on Saturday to inquire into the theft. PTI