Violence, bloodshed at West Bengal Panchayat election killing over 10 people

The Panchayat election in West Bengal, which was under the lens ever since its announcement due to violence leading to loss of lives, made the headlines more for the latest deaths on the polling day (July 7) than the voting percentages. 

Reports of stone-pelting, bloodshed, and ballot



box theft dominated the day more than the speculations of a candidate defeating the other with a margin - narrow or large. 

Over 10 people were killed in the poll-day violence on Saturday, taking the total count of those losing lives since the announcement of polls on June 8 to over 20.