Violence mars Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls

Bhopal: Incidents of firing and booth capturing marked the Assembly by-elections in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

However, the by-elections in the 28 Assembly constituencies recorded an impressive polling of 65.39 percent despite the coronavirus epidemic.

 

Gwalior-Chambal region where 16 Assembly seats went to by-elections on Tuesday however witnessed low turnout of voters.

Gwalior-Chambal is considered the stronghold of senior BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Official reports reaching here said miscreants opened fire outside polling booths at Jatabar and Pura under Sumawali Assembly constituency in Morena district.

Four people were arrested in connection with the incident of firing at Jatabar polling booth.

However, police was trying to identify the miscreants involved in the incident of firing at Pura.

 

In another incident, miscreants stormed the polling booth in…

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