Barring a few incident s of skirmishes ,polling in Bermo and Gomia passed off peacefully on Tuesday .More than dozen trouble makers were rounded up for creating ugly scenes at polling centers in the town .
Even as the fate of all 13 and 12 contestants from the Gomia and Bermo assembly seats respectively was sealed on Tuesday ,the five in Gomia and five from Bermo formidable candidates -including ,Madhav lal Singh (BJP) ,Yogendra Mahto,(JMM) ,Vimal Jaiswal (Congress ), Manoj Gupta (JVM) and Shobha Devi (CPI)Ml besides ,Rajendra Prasad Singh of Congress ,Yogendra Mahto Batul (BJP) ,Kashi Nath Singh of Mandal ,claimed their victory.
In Gomia Assembly constituency, the polling percentage was recorded 68.03 while in Bermo Assembly constituency ,the polling percentage was recorded as 62-63.
As per the reports ,gathered by The pioneer ,the coal city polling centers witnessed brisk polling with continuous flow of the voters .By 9am ,the polling percentage in Gomia and Bermo here recorded 15 to 16 while it picked afternoon and went up to 62- 68percent by 3pm .
According to reports long queue of women voters in both the constituencies was witnessed at most of the polling stations .
As per information provided by the police officials ,though Maoists have not put up posters asking people to boycott poll and threatening candidates like it is in Gomia ,security has been beefed up in areas said to be dominated by them .
“We have intensified patrolling and combing operation in the area to foil any possible Maoists violence and ensure free and fair polls”-Jitendra Kumar Singh, SP, Bokaro said.
Peterwar police have also tightened their belts after seizure of four cane bombs a day before back.