West Bengal panchayat elections: Death toll at 16 after an individual dies whereas making crude bombs in Beldanga

The dying toll from panchayat poll-related violence in West Bengal has risen to 16 after one particular person was killed in an explosion when he was manufacturing crude bombs at Beldanga within the Murshidabad district of the state. A police officer knowledgeable, “One person was killed in a blast at Beldanga while making crude bombs. He has been identified. We are investigating.”

A Bharatiya Janata Party member whose spouse is operating as an impartial candidate within the upcoming polls was discovered useless at Mohammad Bazar in Birbhum district in a separate incident. His relations has acknowledged that he was murdered.

The last day of campaigning for all political events is 6 July, the panchayat elections will likely be held on 8 July and the counting of ballots is scheduled for 11 July. In the meantime, political conflicts endured in a number of districts throughout the state all through this time.

On July 5, a 17-year-old boy was killed in an explosion by a crude bomb in Deyganga, North 24 Parganas district. The boy misplaced his life when a bomb exploded close to him throughout a political conflict between 2 teams.

On June 24, one other particular person was killed in a related blast whereas manufacturing improvised explosive gadgets in a jute subject close to Beldanga.

A fee to uphold peace and order was established by West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose in response to such episodes of violence linked to the election. Former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee is to function the top of the “Peace and Harmony Committee.”

Further accounts of violence occurred in South 24 Parganas’ Kultali and Nadia’s Tehatta. The Calcutta High Court ordered that the central armed forces be stationed at each polling place within the state on June 21.

The state has greater than 61,000 voting places. 822 corporations of the central forces and state armed police have been approved by the union ministry of house affairs to take part within the panchayat elections.