Amidst stray incidents of violence, 71 percent voter’s turnout was recorded in the fourth and final phase of the village Panchyat polls on Wednesday leading to the arrest of four miscreants. Meanwhile, the State Election Commission ordered repoll in five polling booths of four districts. In Pratapgarh, the SEC ordered an adverse entry to an SDM and suspension of an SO.
SEC, SK Agarwal said in lucknow that the commission has ordered for the suspension of SO of Sangram Garh police station, Sabajit Mishra and adverse entry to SDM, Kunda tehsil in Pratapgarh.
The action followed after miscreants entered a polling booth in Amirpur village panchyat (Babaganj development block) and tore ballot papers and damaged ballot boxes before throwing them outside the booth. Three persons were arrested and a repoll was ordered at the booth.
In Ramnagar panchyat of Pratapgarh, supporters of an aspiring village prdhan set ablaze the vehicle of a rival candidate. A case naming five persons was registered and one of them was arrested. The SEC said that polling was not disrupted due to the incident.