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Mohammed Shami and his brother summoned by Election Commission over voter discrepancies

Akshita Patel

Mohammed Shami called for EC hearing [Source: @LoyalSachinFan/X.com]Mohammed Shami called for EC hearing [Source: @LoyalSachinFan/X.com]

Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami has been summoned by the Election Commission of India along with his brother, Mohammed Kaif, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. 

The hearing relates to certain discrepancies found in their voter enumeration forms during the revision process that began on December 16, 2025. 

Mohammed Shami called for an EC hearing

According to an India Today report, Mohammed Shami and his brother were called after issues were detected in their forms linked to progeny mapping and self-mapping.

These are technical checks carried out during voter roll revisions to verify family links and personal details of registered voters. 

Their names appeared on a hearing list issued from Kartju Nagar School in the Jadavpur area of south Kolkata, where the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) is conducting the proceedings. 

Shami was originally scheduled to appear before the EC on January 5. However, the fast bowler informed the poll body that he was unable to attend, as he is currently in Rajkot, representing the Bengal state team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. 

In a written response given to the ECI, Mohammed Shami stated that due to his cricketing commitments, he was unable to be there on the given date. 

Following his request, the Commission postponed the hearing to a later window between January 9 and January 11.

Shami, born in UP, is a Kolkata resident 

Despite being born in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, Mohammed Shami has been a long-time resident of Kolkata and is registered as a voter in Kolkata Municipal Corporation Ward No. 93, which falls under the Rashbehari Assembly constituency. 

Officials clarified that the summons does not imply any wrongdoing but is part of routine verification during the SIR exercise. 

The development comes at a politically sensitive time in West Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently raised serious concerns over the SIR process in the state. 

She alleged procedural lapses and claimed that important instructions were being passed informally through WhatsApp messages instead of official written orders.