More than 200 crude bombs had been seized during the elections. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KOLKATA – At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured in India on Saturday after clashes over local elections in West Bengal, a state notorious for political violence during election campaigns.worked hard to gain a toehold in West Bengal
Voters are currently casting their ballots in a fierce contest to elect municipal leaders, with more than 200,000 candidates across the state of 104 million people. Another police official, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, said five of the dead were from the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress party.Footage aired by local broadcasters showed rival party workers roaming streets with batons, as well as ballot boxes snatched and set alight outside polling stations.
More than 200 crude bombs – a staple of West Bengal elections that are sold cheaply on the black market to maim or intimidate voters – had also been seized during the the elections, the police said.
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