Thursday, October 20 2005 09:50 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Hajipur (Bihar): The Vaishali district administration has registered an FIR against former Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Rabri Devi for violation of the Model Code of Conduct, while a magistrate and a police inspector have been suspended for allowing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad to use a vehicle without number plate.

The Vaishali district magistrate-cum-district election officer, Sanjiv Hans, told PTI that the FIR was registered against Rabri Devi for moving in a convoy of over 30 vehicles to file her nomination for Raghopur Assembly seat on October four in violation of the model code.

Loudspeakers and local bands of musicians were used in Rabri's procession that day for which prior permission was not obtained, he said.

Hans said that he had ordered suspension of an executive magistrate and inspector of Mahua police station for allowing RJD president Lalu Prasad to use a vehicle without a number plate while going from the helipad to an election rally at Cherhakal in Mahua block recently.

He said that the concerned police station had been asked to register an FIR against the RJD nominee for Mahua, Shivchandra Ram, who owned the vehicle, for violation of the election code.

The district magistrate said officers in-charge of Rajapakar, Jurawanpur, Desri and Patepur police stations have been removed and asked to report at Vaishali police lines for not strictly enforcing the provisions of the model code.

An election 'rath' of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has also been seized for moving in the district without prior permission, he said.