January 09, 2025 01:36 pm (IST)
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Bengal polls: Violence mars third phase, nearly 80 pct voter turnout recorded
Kolkata, Apr 21 (IBNS): Amid violence and allegations of rigging that claimed one life, the third phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal ended on Thursday, recording nearly 80 percent balloting.
While 57.05 percent turnout was recorded in North Kolkata, 78.26 percent voting was reported in Burdwan. Nadia recorded a turnout of 81.62 percent and Murshidabad witnessed 79.29 percent voting.
Violence, including throwing of bombs and firing, has been reported from different parts of the state which claimed a life at Shiropara under Domkal constituency of Murshidabad district.
Official reports said Tahidul Islam, a CPI(M) polling agent, was shot dead by miscreants in the district.
However, the Election Commission claimed that Islam did not belong to any political party.
According to reports, a crude bomb was thrown near a polling station in Kolkata's Amherst Street area.
In another incident, Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo was heckled at a polling booth in Jorasanko area in Kolkata.
Supriyo said he caught the 'drunk TMC' worker but he was later released by the police.
"Someone has to stand up against this hooliganism by TMC•I am happy I did it•Ran o@Caught the drunk TMC goon MYSELF but police set him free," Supriyo tweeted.
Meanwhile, 63 people have been arrested in Kolkata for creating violence in the city.
A CPI(M) worker has been beaten up by miscreants in Burdwan district's Ketugram area.
Reports of stray incidents of bombing, assault and intimidation reached from few other areas of Murshidabad and also from Nadia's Gayeshpur and Burdwan's Raina.
Allegations of Left-Congress combine voters being intimidated also came from Kolkata's Belgachia-Cossipore and Beliaghata constituencies.
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