"Around 55 per cent polling was recorded in 72 constituencies of 19 districts till 3 pm," Joint Chief Electoral Officer DD Singh told PTI here today.
A man was killed and another injured in an alleged accidental firing by a CRPF personnel in Bhindarwani polling booth of Saja constituency of Bemetara district this afternoon, he said.
According to the Director General of Police (DGP), the incident took place when five people in an inebriated state reached at Bhindarwani village and started arguing with Central Reserve Police Force personnel who was on security deployment at the polling booth.
During a verbal spat, bullets accidentally went off from the rifle of the paramilitary soldier and hit them leaving a man dead and another injured.
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"The injured was admitted to Durg hospital," the DGP said, adding that the body of those killed has been brought to Raipur for postmortem.
A total of 843 candidates are contesting with an electorate of 1,39,75,470 in the last of the two-phased polls to the 90-member assembly in the state where a BJP government led by Chief Minister Raman Singh is eyeing a hat trick against the Congress.