Thursday, April 10, 2014

LS polls: high turnout brisk polling in eastern states

LS polls: high turnout brisk polling in eastern states

 Odisha recorded 50 per cent polling till 4:00 pm and there was
brisk voting in Jharkhand, Bihar and Andaman and Nicobar
Islands in the third phase of polling for 21 Lok Sabha seats
and 70 assembly constituencies in Odisha in eastern India.
Andamans recorded the region's highest turnout of 55 per
cent, Jharkhand 50 per cent and Bihar 46.89 per cent.
Polling was preceded by violence in Bihar with two
CRPF personnel killed and seven injured in a landmine blast
triggered by Maoists near Sawa Lakh Baba Mandir at the
entrance of Bhimbandh jungle in Jamui parliamentary
constituency in Munger district at 5:30 AM, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Khargpur, Ranjan Kumar, told PTI.
  The CRPF personnel killed in the blast were identified
as head constable Ravindra Rai and constable Sone Gora, Kumar
said.
In Gaya, the police seized and defused six can bombs
weighing 30 kg each from Banke Bazar area under Imamganj
assembly segment, which is part of Aurangabad Lok Sabha seat,
Gaya senior superintendent of police Nishant Tiwari said.
In Jharkhand, Maoists exploded a series of landmines in
the forests of Latehar district and exchanged gunfire with
security personnel before polling began in the Chatra Lok
Sabha seat but there was no casualty, Latehar Superintendent
of Police Michael S Raj told PTI.
In Odisha, suspected Maoists pulled out polling personnel
from a vehicle in Mathili area in Malkangiri and burnt four
EVMs meant for four booths late last night, Malkangiri
Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said.

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