Voter’s turnout in the third phase of Panchayat polls across the State hovered around 65 per cent even as the process was marred by violence in some places on Saturday.
The third phase of polling encompassed 190 development blocks in 69 districts. For the 715 posts of
member district panchayat as many as 11, 753 candidates are in the fray. For the 18,016 post of member kshetra Panchayat 95,540 candidates are in the fray.
In Ballia, a retired constable was shot dead while his son suffered gunshot wounds in the Nargi area of Ballia on Saturday. Former cop Ramnath Yadav and his son Kanta Nath were going to cast their vote at Ramgarh ward when they got involved in a scuffle with some persons. The incident snowballed and several rounds were fired. While Ramnath Yadav died on the spot, his son was hospitalised with serious wounds.