CHENNAI: City police on Sunday registered FIRs against six companies which violated the election commission’s orders to declare a holiday on polling day (April 24).

Semmenchery police on Sunday registered FIRs against HCL, Wipro, Voltas, First Source, Sodexo and Tech Mahindra in Elcot IT park in Sholinganallur.

Based on a complaint by Sholinganallur tahsildar Ravichandran, an FIR under two non-bailable sections and another FIR under Section 135(B) of The Representation of People’s Act, 1951, have been registered.

Action will be initiated after instructions from senior police officers, said sources. On April 24, Election Commission officials raided the companies and shut them down after employees were found working.

