One person was killed and another injured Tuesday at a polling booth in Chhattisgarh's Saja assembly seat when a CRPF trooper opened fire at a group of people following an argument, police said.
Director General of Police Ramniwas said two-three people, who were reportedly drunk, came to a polling booth in village Bhindarwani and engaged in a heated argument with policemen deployed there for ensuring free and fair voting.
Chhattisgarh, which has been ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party for a decade, is having the second and final phase of assembly elections with polling for 72 seats of the 90-member house.
In the first phase of ballotting, 18 seats, majorly located in Maoist strongholds, went to the polls Nov 11.