Nagaland election: 17 per cent polling till 9 am

February 27, 2018 11:27

Around 17 per cent polling was registered in the first two hours of voting for the 60-member Nagaland Assembly today, a top election official said. Nagaland's Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha said a blast was reported from a polling booth at Tizit village in Mon district about an hour before the voting started.

"A handmade crude bomb was lobbed at the polling booth at around 5:45 am, in which one village council member, Yanlon, suffered minor injuries in the leg," he said. However, polling is continuing in the said booth.
-- PTI

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