Violence in Assam's Karimganj After EVM Found
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https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle CENTRAL CC PAGE 09 PAGE 11 Raipur, Saturday, April 03, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Violence in Assam’s Karimganj after RANG PANCHAMI CELEBRATION EVM found in BJP candidate’s car Karimganj, Apr 02 (PTI) EC orders repoll in one Assam polling booth tried to manhandle the offi- cials, upon which the polling Violence broke out in after EVM controversy party ran away, leaving be- Karimganj district of hind the EVMs, eyewitness- New Delhi: The Election the EVM were found intact, it Assam on Thursday night es said. "The Deputy Commission on Friday has nevertheless been decid- after a mob spotted a BJP Commissioner and candidate's vehicle being ordered a repoll at a polling ed to do a re-poll at No. 149- Superintendent of Police used to transport a polled booth in Ratabari seat of Indira M V School of LAC 1 reached the spot immediate- EVM to the strong room, Assam after a controversy Ratabari (SC) as an added ly and they tried to pacify forcing the police to fire in broke out over the presiding precaution," the poll panel the mob. the air to bring the situation officer carrying the EVM said. A report has also been But the crowd did not lis- Artists perform Rabha folk under control. after polling in a vehicle sought from the special ten, forcing the police to fire dance Hamja during an The incident snowballed which belonged to the wife of observer, the statement said. in the air to disperse them," election rally in support of into a huge controversy on a BJP candidate contesting According to details made police sources said. Asom Gana Parisad and BJP Friday morning with the op- from a neighbouring seat. public by the EC, the polling The DC and the SP then alliance candidate ahead of the position Congress and To prevent the polling team party of polling booth number brought the EVMs to Assam Assembly Election , in AIUDF alleging that the from being assaulted in 149 of Ratabari constituency Patharkandi police station, Kamrup district, Friday. EVM was being "stolen", Karimganj by a mob which comprised of a presiding offi- from where it was taken to while the Election alleged that the electronic cer and three polling person- the strong room in Old age stipends Commission suspended four voting machine was being nel. They were accompanied Karimganj town, they poll officials and ordered a taken for tampering, police by a police constable and a added. Ratabari and New Delhi: The Delhi High repoll at the booth as a video had to use force. home guard. After completion Patharkandi constituencies Court has declined to stay of the fiasco went viral on In a statement, the EC said of polling at 6 pm on went to the polls in the sec- the Lokayukta order for social media. Paul is also the the presiding officer and Thursday, the polling party ond phase on Thursday. registering an FIR against a BJP candidate from the three other officials have left in a vehicle provided by BJP candidate Paul rub- councillor of the North Patharkandi seat this time, been placed under suspen- election authorities and was bished the allegations of Delhi Municipal while Ratabari is currently sion. "Although the seals of escorted by an armed escort. EVM tampering and said Corporation (NrDMC) for represented by BJP MLA that his brother, who was in alleged pecuniary loss Bijoy Malakar, who is con- supporters, claimed the tampering. The assembled the vehicle when the inci- caused to exchequer over testing the election as well. EVM units were being trans- crowd, which swelled to over dent happened, just gave a to disbursal of old age The mob, mostly consist- ported in a BJP candidate's 100 people within minutes, lift to the poll officials as People play with colours during the Rang Panchami festival celebration, in Solapur, Friday. stipends under a 2018 ing of AIUDF and Congress vehicle with intention of vandalised the vehicle and their vehicle broke down. scheme. Justice Prathiba M Singh also did not put on hold any investigation or C’garh: Lockdown in Durg Pulwama encounter: 2 militants involved in trial in connection with the C’garh: Farmer hangs self over FIR which was ordered to be lodged by the Lokayukta from Apr 6 to 14 amid in January last year. attack on BJP leader’s house among 3 killed land document, official held COVID-19 surge Srinagar, Apr 02 (PTI): Bilaspur, Apr 02 (PTI): etable field near his vil- Car-bike collision lage Rajakapa this morn- Tikamgarh (MP): Three Durg, Apr 02 (PTI): and restricted during this Three militants, includ- A 58-year-old farmer ing. A handwritten note members of a family period. Appealing to people ing two who were involved allegedly committed sui- was found in a vegetable were killed when their The administration in to stay indoors, the collector in an attack on a BJP cide in Chhattisgarh's box which said the pat- motorcycle collided with Chhattisgarh's Durg district urged citizens to get tested leader's house here, were Bilaspur district on wari did not give a docu- a speeding car on on Friday announced a if they come in contact with killed in an encounter Friday after he reported- ment despite taking Rs Tikamgarh-Jatara Road in complete lockdown from COVID-19 infected persons. with security forces on ly did not get a duplicate 5,000 as bribe, due to Madhya Pradesh on April 6 to 14, in light of the He also urged people above Friday in Jammu and copy of a document of which he was commit- Friday, police said. The spike in COVID-19 cases in the age of 45 to get vaccinat- Kashmir's Pulwama dis- his land from a local rev- ting suicide. Pradhan has accident took place when the region, an official said. ed at the nearby vaccination trict, police said. enue official, police said. been arrested," Bhardwaj the victims were travel- District Collector centres. The encounter took A suicide note was re- informed. ling to their farm, Jatara Sarveshwar Narendra As on Thursday, the place early in the morning covered from the spot Kaivart had lost the police station in-charge Bhure said in view of the COVID-19 tally in Durg dis- after security forces which said the local 'pat- record book of his land, A CRPF personnel walks near a house destroyed during an Himanshu Choube said. rapid rise in COVID-19 trict stood at 40,068, includ- launched a cordon and wari' (revenue official) which was obstructing cases, it has become neces- ing 754 casualties. search operation in Ghat encounter between security forces and militants, at Ghat Mohalla did not provide him the his plans to sell it, and he sary to break the chain of According to official fig- Mohalla in the district's area of Kakaporao in district Pulwama of South Kashmir, Friday. document despite taking contacted Pradhan, the Registrar bribery transmission by imposing a ures, the district has record- Kakapora area, a police of- a bribe, after which pat- local patwari, for a dupli- Aurangabad: A sub-regis- lockdown and public sup- ed 10,295 cases in the last ficial said. Inspector General of liceman, Rameez Raja, wari Uttam Pradhan was cate copy and had al- trar and one more person port is required for it. two weeks and has 9,883 ac- During searches in the Police (IGP), Kashmir, was killed. arrested on charges of legedly given the latter were booked in The lockdown will be im- tive cases. Chief Minister area in south Kashmir, the Vijay Kumar, said that two The two were part of a abetment of suicide, Rs 5,000 as bribe, he Aurangabad by the posed from April 6 to April Bhupesh Baghel on militants fired on the secu- of the three slain militants group of four militants Takhatpur police station added. Pradhan has been Maharashtra Anti 14, the statement issued by Thursday had directed dis- rity forces, who retaliated, were involved in who had attacked Anwar official Mohan Bhardwaj placed under suspension Corruption Bureau for the district administration trict collectors to decide on and an encounter ensued, Thursday's attack on BJP Ahmed's residence on said. "Chhotu Ram on the order of the dis- alleged bribery, an offi- said. The statement, howev- imposing lockdowns in he said. leader Anwar Ahmad's Thursday, officials said, Kaivart was found hang- trict collector, the official cial said on Friday. er, did not mention which their respective regions as Three militants were residence in Nowgam area adding that the other two ing from a tree in a veg- said. Audumbar Late, working activities will be allowed per the local situation. killed, the official said. of the city, in which a po- are at large. as sub registrar in Gangapur here, had allegedly demanded Rs 1 India pitches for early disengagement lakh from a man who COVID-19: Single-day rise of 81,466 cases, highest in six months wanted his land in in remaining areas in eastern Ladakh Ghenegaon assessed and New Delhi, Apr 02 (PTI): India records highest single-day vaccine coverage some transactions for- New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) He also referred to now quickly resolve the malised, he said. India recorded the high- New Delhi: More than 36.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were External Affairs Minister remaining issues in the est single-day rise in coro- administered in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage India on Friday hoped S Jaishankar's comments region.