Repolling underway in 696 booths in Bengal panchayat elections

Kolkata: No major incident was reported as fresh polling was underway on Monday at 696 booths in 19 districts of West Bengal where voting for the panchayat elections was declared void, officials said.

The repolling was ordered by the State Election Commission on Sunday evening amid allegations of tampering



with ballot boxes and the violence that left 15 people dead, they said.

The repolling started at 7 am amid tight security with four central forces personnel deployed in each booth, besides state police. Till 11 am, 10.9 per cent voter turnout was recorded.