Sunday, April 7, 2019

Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers. A group of polling officials organised protests in Coochbehar, Howrah and South Kolkata as they are "afraid" of their security following the death of a poll official, Rajkumar Ray, whose body was found on train track near north Bengal's Raiganj station during last year's panchayat election.

Bengal poll officials demand Central forces at booths: Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers.

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