Unidentified miscreants looted 250 postal ballots being taken by a postman to the counting centre in Bhind on Monday. The victim was reportedly beaten up and the paper ballots were looted.
Police after the incident nabbed three men involved in the incident. The counting gets underway at 8am across Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Alok Sharma claimed that postman Rajendra Yadav, carrying a bag filled with 256 postal ballots, was heading to Collectorate in the afternoon. As he passed from the District Jail, he was waylaid by three men who beat him up and snatched the bag.
The matter was reported to police, the police nabbed three men identified by the postman and recovered the bag from their possession. The men in question including one Ranglal were being questioned behind their motive and allegiance at police station.
The Ater Congress MLA Hemant Katare had also reached the police station after the incident and alleged involvement of a local BJP leader behind the incident.
The incident comes days after when scores of postal ballots meant for police personnel found unattended in police canteen in Bhopal. A subsequent probe by district administration and police had found some police personnel guilty of slackness.