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Bengal panchayat poll underway: Violence, brutality and hooliganism continues with voting

Eleven people were killed in election-related violence in West Bengal as voting was underway for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state on Saturday, officials said. Besides violent clashes that injured several people, ballot boxes were destroyed in several parts of the state, they added. The polling began at 7 am in 73,887 seats in the rural areas of the state with 5.67 crore people deciding the fate of around 2.06 lakh candidates. Till 1 pm, 36.66 per cent voter turnout was recorded, officials said.

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Supporters block a road in protest against the killing of an independent candidate during panchayat polls, at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district.
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Supporters block a road in protest against the killing of an independent candidate during panchayat polls, at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district.

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Large scale violence was reported from Sitai, Cooch Behar where ballot papers were snatched and burnt. Panicked voters, fearing for life, fled the voting premises. Halting polls, the state election commission has called for a report on the incident from the district administration.
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Large scale violence was reported from Sitai, Cooch Behar where ballot papers were snatched and burnt. Panicked voters, fearing for life, fled the voting premises. Halting polls, the state election commission has called for a report on the incident from the district administration.

In a bizarre turn of events at Fulmalancha area of Basanti in South 24 Parganas, Anisur Ostagar, a TMC worker and brother of the local party candidate died of head injuries while standing the voting in queue when crude bomb was hurled directly on him by miscreants supporting an Independent candidate.
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In a bizarre turn of events at Fulmalancha area of Basanti in South 24 Parganas, Anisur Ostagar, a TMC worker and brother of the local party candidate died of head injuries while standing the voting in queue when crude bomb was hurled directly on him by miscreants supporting an Independent candidate.

Two children, siblings, were injured in the Kashipur area of Bhangar when they tried to fiddle with live crude bombs lying on the road mistaking them to be playthings… The bombs were leftovers of clashes between ISF and TMC workers taking place in the area since Friday night… The injured children have been transferred to a hospital in Calcutta
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Two children, siblings, were injured in the Kashipur area of Bhangar when they tried to fiddle with live crude bombs lying on the road mistaking them to be playthings… The bombs were leftovers of clashes between ISF and TMC workers taking place in the area since Friday night… The injured children have been transferred to a hospital in Calcutta

A woman voter sits as she waits along with other women to cast votes at a booth during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal.
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A woman voter sits as she waits along with other women to cast votes at a booth during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal.

Women voters express their anger to security people outside a polling booth during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal.
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Women voters express their anger to security people outside a polling booth during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal.

People stand in long queues to cast their votes for Panchayat elections at a poling station, in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
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People stand in long queues to cast their votes for Panchayat elections at a poling station, in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

Security people arrive to intervene after tension between two political groups during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district.
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Security people arrive to intervene after tension between two political groups during panchayat elections in North 24 Pargana district.

Injured election agents of Independent candidate Jahanara Begum who were shot at in a clash during panchayat polls, at Arambagh, Hooghly.
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Injured election agents of Independent candidate Jahanara Begum who were shot at in a clash during panchayat polls, at Arambagh, Hooghly.

An elderly man is carried after he cast his vote for Panchayat elections at a polling station, in Nadia district of West Bengal.
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An elderly man is carried after he cast his vote for Panchayat elections at a polling station, in Nadia district of West Bengal.

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