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West Bengal: Polling Agent Found Dead In Dakshin Dinajpur; Goons Hurl Bombs Near Voting Booth In Murshidabad
Voters showing voter ID card while standing in queue to cast their vote - Represenative Image (Parwaz Khan/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)
A polling agent has been found dead in mysterious circumstances in West Bengal’s Dakshin Dinajpur district’s Buniadpur region. Identified as Babulal Murmu, the polling officers’ body was found hanging inside his house. He was part of the reserve electoral official team.
Meanwhile, unidentified goons were caught on camera hurling bombs near a polling booth in Murshidabad’s Rainagar. It has been speculated that this act was carried out to spread terror among the voters.
As reported earlier, the ongoing election process in West Bengal has yet again been marred by political violence, with multiple instances of clashes taking place between workers of rival parties across the state.
In one of the clashes, a villager in Murshidabad’s Baligram area died following a clash between Congress and Trinamool workers.
In Maldaha Uttar constituency, a BJP worker was allegedly attacked and beaten up by workers from Trinamool while he was attempting to record the latter trying to capture polling.
In another clash, Trinamool workers allegedly ransacked a BJP camp office. In retaliation, party workers of the BJP reportedly burnt down the camp office of Trinamool in Motigunj.
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