In an unusual case, a candidate who lost in Panchayat body election demanded return of goods he had given to voters to vote for him.
“State election commission has taken a serious note of the incident and a FIR has been registered against the candidate. Further action will be taken after a thorough investigation,” State Election Commissioner Thakur Ram Singh told reporters.
The incident was reported at Bhansoj village of Arang block about 25 km away from state capital in Raipur.
As per reports, a Manohar Dewangan had contested for the post of Panch from his village Bhansoj. However, he had to face a bitter defeat as he got only 8 votes in the result declared on Tuesday late evening, a district administration officer said.
The man reportedly pained by humiliating defeat started to verbally abuse voters in his village for not giving him votes despite taking goods like mixer grinder and others from him as bribe, the officer informed.
The voters also reacted to the abuse sharply and dumped the goods he had given in the bus stand compound. The video of the incident went viral and police reached the spot. They have seized the goods and are investigating into the matter, the officer added.