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One killed in Chhattisgarh as trooper opens fire

It is having the second and final phase of assembly elections

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IANS Raipur

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.

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First Published: Nov 19 2013 | 3:56 PM IST

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