Punjab Election Live Updates
Voting for the assembly polls in five states began early on Thursday morning. The voting in all the five states that include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam, Goa, and Uttarakhand are currently underway. Track all the live updates from the crucial vote counting.
LIVE UPDATES:
2:00 pm: Punjab CM Charanjit Channi loses from both the seats he contested from.
12:25 pm: Former Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh loses from his constituency.
11:30 am: "This is a victory of the 'Aam Aadmi' (common man)," Manish Sisodia on AAP's sweep in Punjab
10:50 am: "This shows AAP is the natural and national replacement of the Congress," said Raghav Chadha, who ran the Punjab campaign for his party
10:35 am: Early Celebrations Start Outside AAP's Chief Ministerial Candidate Bhagwat Mann's Residence.
10:25 am: Bhagwant Mann leading in Dhuri, Amarinder, Channi still trailing in their respective constituencies.
10:23 am: AAP looks clear to win Punjab. Leading on 88 of 117 seats. Congress leads on 12, BJP on 5.
9:50 am: Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Siddhu trails in his constituency.
9:45 am: AAP CM Candidate Bhagwant Mann leading as his party gains lead on 81 seats. Congress leading on 16, BJP on 4.
9:35 am: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi trailing on both of his constituencies - Bhadaur, Chamkaur Sahib.
9:35 am: Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh trails in his Patiala constituency.
9:10 am: In the early trends the AAP party was leading on the majority of the seats in Punja. It was leading on 24 seats with Congress leading on 11. Akali Dal and BJP were leading on 6 and 4 seats respectively.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
