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West Bengal Panchayat Election: Teacher goes missing after election duty

By Chennabasaveshwar

| Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 16:23 [IST]

Around 568 booths across 19 districts of West Bengal are undergoing re-polling for Panchayat Elections on Wednesday. At least 12 people dead and 43 injured in a widespread violence during the panchayat polls in the estate on Monday.

West Bengal Panchayat Election LIVE: Unidentified miscreants escape with a ballot box in Malda

The State Election Commission has ordered repolling in 10 booths in Hooghly, 28 booths in West Midnapore, 52 booths in Coochbehar, 63 booths in Murshidabad, 60 booths in Nadia, 59 booths in North 24 Parganas, 55 booths in Malda, 73 booths in Uttar Dinajpur, 26 in South 24 Pargans, among others.

The state government and the police have been asked to make elaborate security arrangements so that polling can be held in a free and fair manner, the SEC official said.

Stay tuned for LIVE updates:

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2:13 PM, 16 May

CPM complains that repoll list does not even contain 5 percent of booths where the party demanded re-poll.

Repoll list does not even contain 5% of booths where we demand re poll. On contrary it contain booths as per directives and requirement of #TMC. The topmost booth in the table below where we won since 1978. Police arrested our #PollingAgent. TMC-SEC nexus must go.@mishra_surjya pic.twitter.com/G3OAgj4Lpl
— CPI(M) WEST BENGAL (@CPIM_WESTBENGAL) May 16, 2018

2:10 PM, 16 May

Madrasa teacher goes missing right after completion of his duty as Election Official

#RajkumarRay a High Madrasa teacher went missing right after completion of his duty as #ElectionOfficial on 14th May. Yesterday his dead body found alongside #Sonadangi rail line #Raiganj. Shame on SEC. Shame on the name of #WestBengalPanchayatElections pic.twitter.com/qjMNke8ZNR
— CPI(M) WEST BENGAL (@CPIM_WESTBENGAL) May 16, 2018

11:59 AM, 16 May

Unidentified miscreants escape with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda's Ratua, also brandish a gun.

11:08 AM, 16 May

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "unwarranted comments" on panchayat polls in West Bengal, the TMC today said Modi's remarks were out of frustration as the BJP could not win a majority in Karnataka. "These comments are basically outbursts of frustration as his party has failed to reach the majority mark in Karantaka polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before questioning us, should answer on the anarchy that his party has created throughout the country," TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee said.

10:59 AM, 16 May

West Bengal: Rapid Action Force (RAF) & police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure after the people agitated when the voting process for #PanchayatElection re-polling started late in booth no. 36/37.

10:48 AM, 16 May

Paramilitary forces and police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure after the people agitated when the voting process for #PanchayatElection re-polling started late in booth no. 36/37

8:57 AM, 16 May

Re-polling to take place till 5 pm; Counting of votes to be held on 17 May

8:57 AM, 16 May

Re-pollingto take place till 5 pm; Counting of votes to be held on 17 May

8:54 AM, 16 May

Voters queue up outside booth no. 117 in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas district. 568 booths across 19 districts of the state are undergoing re-polling for Panchayat Elections today.

8:54 AM, 16 May

Voters queue up outside booth no. 117 in Bagdah, North 24 Parganas district. 568 booths across 19 districts of the state are undergoing re-polling for Panchayat Elections today.

8:57 AM, 16 May

Re-pollingto take place till 5 pm; Counting of votes to be held on 17 May

8:57 AM, 16 May

Re-polling to take place till 5 pm; Counting of votes to be held on 17 May

10:48 AM, 16 May

10:59 AM, 16 May

11:08 AM, 16 May

11:59 AM, 16 May

Unidentified miscreants escape with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda's Ratua, also brandish a gun.

2:10 PM, 16 May

Madrasa teacher goes missing right after completion of his duty as Election Official

#RajkumarRay a High Madrasa teacher went missing right after completion of his duty as #ElectionOfficial on 14th May. Yesterday his dead body found alongside #Sonadangi rail line #Raiganj. Shame on SEC. Shame on the name of #WestBengalPanchayatElections pic.twitter.com/qjMNke8ZNR
— CPI(M) WEST BENGAL (@CPIM_WESTBENGAL) May 16, 2018

2:13 PM, 16 May

CPM complains that repoll list does not even contain 5 percent of booths where the party demanded re-poll.

Repoll list does not even contain 5% of booths where we demand re poll. On contrary it contain booths as per directives and requirement of #TMC. The topmost booth in the table below where we won since 1978. Police arrested our #PollingAgent. TMC-SEC nexus must go.@mishra_surjya pic.twitter.com/G3OAgj4Lpl
— CPI(M) WEST BENGAL (@CPIM_WESTBENGAL) May 16, 2018

(With PTI inputs)