West Bengal Congress chief and Baharampur Lok Sabha seat candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked Chief Election Commission Rajiv Kumar to look into the alleged harassment of party workers by policemen.

In a two page letter Chowdhury alleged that two police officers were "implicating Congress workers on false and frivolous charges, with an intention to affect the party's prospects in the Lok Sabha elections".

Chowdhury is seeking a sixth term from the seat and his rival is cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress.

The Congressman also highlighted a couple of alleged incidents and said that they were "systematically planned" aimed at demoralising party workers, and "hindering my election campaign".