Repolling in six polling stations in Outer Manipur on April 30
Imphal (PTI): Repolling will be held in six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 30, officials said.
The repolling was necessitated as unidentified persons had damaged EVMs and VVPATs before the completion of voting at four of these six polling stations on April 26, while EVM malfunctioning was reported at one polling station, and voting could not be completed at another due to "threat and intimidation by unknown miscreants", they said.
Voting at four polling stations in Ukhrul assembly segment, and one each in Chingai assembly seat in Ukhrul and Karong in Senapati was declared null and void and repolling will be conducted on April 30, a notification issued by the office of Manipur's chief electoral officer said.
Around 76.06 per cent of 4.84 lakh voters exercised their franchise during polling in 13 of 28 assembly segments of Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 26. Voting was held in the remaining 15 segments, along with the entire Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, in the first phase on April 19.
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Kodagu Police nab man accused of killing 16-year-old fiancee from Somwarpet forest
Madikeri: The 32-year-old man accused of murdering his underage fiancée in Mutlu village of Somwarpet taluk before escaping from the place with her severed head was arrested in the nearby forest by the Kodagu Police late Thursday night.
Kodagu Superintendent of Police K Ramarajan has said that a search operation for the murder accused, Prakash, on Thursday night. The police team arrested him in the forest near the village, searching there on receiving the information that he was hiding in the forest. The severed head of the murder victim is yet to be found, said the officer.
Prakash had murdered 16-year-old Meena, who had completed SSLC this year and, as per local convention, was engaged to Prakash. Following an intervention by the Social Welfare Department officials, on finding that Meena was a minor, both families agreed to postpone the marriage. Prakash, who was greatly angered by this, attacked Meena's family and ended up beheading the girl.
