New Delhi: The Election Commission team which visited Gujarat for an on-the-spot assessment on August 5 briefed the Commission on the situation in the riot-torn state.

Sources said the team would take another three to four days to submit its report to Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh and the two other Election Commissioners T S Krishnamurthy and B B Tandon.

The nine-member team led by Deputy Election Commissioner A N Jha and S Mendiratta, returned to New Delhi on August 5 after a five-day visit and toured several districts in the state and interacted with the leaders of political parties, senior government officials, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and others.

The team members also spoke to the people in relief camps to ascertain the condition they were living in, losses suffered by them, compensation and other issues.

The team was despatched to Gujarat on July 30 to review the existing situation and preparedness of the state machinery for the conduct of free and fair Assembly polls.

PTI