kolkata the election commission on sunday said the allegations levelled by chief minister mamata banerjee against its officers and observers regarding directive to arrest tmc goons were absolutely baseless false and misleading the poll panel in a press statement said no such instructions have been given by any observer chief electoral officer or officer of the commission to act against workers of any parties on banerjees allegation of preventive detentions of trinamool congress workers ec said no court case has so far been reported to ceo wbs office or the commission where any instance of preventive action against a noncriminal has come to notice misleading narratives apart leave alone any court case no specific instance of illegal preventive action against any worker of party has been reported till 25421the ec further said conduct of free fair intimidation free and violence free election requires close monitoring of all miscreants and historysheeters who have the potential to vitiate the polls preventive actions under relevant provisions of crpc ipc are taken by all law enforcing agencies to ensure they are prevented from creating any mischief on saturday the cm had said she would move the supreme courts constitution bench after bengal polls over how election commission can be insulated from political interference releasing documents that she claimed were whatsapp chats between poll observers she even named a highranking ec official and district officers banerjee accused ec observers of ordering and planning preventive detentions under crpc section 151 of trinamool workers branding them trouble mongers ahead of pollsthe ec reasoned there are standing instructions for law enforcing agencies of all pollgoing states to ensure compilation of list of miscreants based on criminal history including involvement in election related crime in the past action is taken and must be taken against such miscreants it added that officials review and ensure that such lists are compiled timely and acted upon in an impartial manner