An `anguished' governor has written a letter to the Union Home ministry with a copy to the EC seeking removal of corrupt police and administrative officials of, a Raj Bhawan spokesman told mediapersons here. The governor said he had repeatedly apprised Bihar chief secretary and state chief electoral officer of his `serious concerns' about holding of free and fair elections in the state.

`I had also suggested them to hold a detailed inquiry into recovery of alleged fake ballot boxes and to make adequate security arrangements,' he said, adding `the Election Commission, however, considered my suggestions as infringement of its authority when it was not so'.

Pointing to the widespread violence, including landmine explosions resulting in loss of many lives, duringyesterday's poll, Lal stressed the need for deployment of adequate number of police personnel in sensitive and hyper-sensitive polling stations in the second and third phase of polls in the state on September 25 and October three.