protests were held in different parts of west bengal on sunday against the violence that rocked the panchayat elections and over allegations of irregularities. the toll in the violence rose to 15 after a person was found dead in south 24 parganas, and two others succumbed to their injuries, officials said. bjp supporters staged a demonstration outside the state election commission office in kolkata. security was beefed up in the area as the protesters shouted slogans against the sec over the alleged “inabil
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BJP workers blocked the Haldia-Mecheda state highway at Nandakumar alleging that ballot boxes were being tampered with at the counting centre at Srikrishnapur High School.
In the district s Harishchandrapur area, state minister Tajmul Hossain s car was vandalised in Basta village by some miscreants around 10 pm on Saturday. A police vehicle was also vandalised as stones were hurled. A policeman was injured in the attack.