Jayanagar Assembly polls: Voting begins
Bengaluru: Voting began in Jayanagar Assembly constituency on Monday where the election was deferred due to the death of BJP candidate BN Vijayakumar.
A total of 216 polling stations have been set up for voting, of them, five pink booths for women have come up.
In the 216 polling stations, ten paramilitary force, 350 police personnel, 16 sector mobiles. Of 216 polling stations, 42 are considered as sensitive booths, and additional bandobast has been provided there. A total of 23 flying squads, general observer, police observer, expenditure observers are vigilant in the constituency. There are 2,03184 voters, 102668 male voters, and 100500 women voters.
There is a triangular contest between the BJP's Prahlad Babu, the Congress's Soumyareddy and the independent candidate Ravindra Reddy.
The votes will be counted on Wednesday.
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Auto rickshaw driver dies as vehicle topples during attempt to avoid hitting street dog
Brahmavar: An auto rickshaw driver was killed after the vehicle toppled on the road as he tried to avoid hitting a dog near Mary Kom Hall Dairy in Heggunje village.
The rickshaw driver, identified as Narasimha Poojary, was traveling from Shiroor towards Kokkarne on Friday, March 13, when a dog suddenly came in the way. Poojary is said to have urgently turned his rickshaw towards the left, as a result of which, he lost control over the vehicle. The rickshaw toppled on the road.
The rickshaw driver was grievously injured in the accident and, in spite of treatment, is learned to have succumbed to injuries on Saturday morning.
A case has been registered at the Brahmavar Police Station and investigation is on.
