1 dead in clashes in West Bengal as state votes in third phase

April 21, 2016 08:56

One CPI-M worker died after a crude bomb was allegedly hurled by TMC workers in Jitpur village in Murshidabad district. Heavy security has been deployed in the state, with one lakh security personnel deployed to look after law and order.

The Election Commission has identified 3,401 hamlets in the phase as vulnerable where extra security and confidence building measures were taken.

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