Bengaluru: The number of new voters across the state has increased by nine percent, taking the total number of the electorate to 4,96,82,351 as against 4.36 crore voters in 2013 assembly elections," state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told reporters.

"In which male voters are 2,52,05,820 and female electors are 2,44,71,979," he added.

In 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections, 7,18,000 new voters had registered. Whereas 15,42,000 new voters have registered in 2018.

Booths details: Karnataka Assembly polls will be having in all 56,969 polling booths on May 12, in which 450 will be all-women managed booths.

Poll preparations: The current election is required the total of 3,56,552 officers/staff as the polling in entire state will be conducted on a single day. 1,361 teams will be formed to observe Model Code of Conduct, whereas 1,503 teams will monitor candidate's expenditure and 1,542 will look after 2018 check posts for vehicular movements.

 

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Korba (Chhattisgarh)(PTI): A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men, including the driver of police's emergency response service vehicle, in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Saturday.

Two accused, including the driver of Dial 112 police helpline vehicle, have been taken into custody, they said.

The incident took place on January 8 night under the Bankimongra police station limits when one of the five accused known to the victim called her, a police official here said.

The accused took the girl to a deserted house in Bankimongra, where the driver and four others allegedly took turns to rape her, he said.

After the incident, the accused fled the spot, leaving the victim in an unconscious condition. The victim later managed to reach her home and narrated the ordeal to her family members, who immediately took her to the medical college hospital and later informed the police, he said.

The case was initially registered as a zero FIR at the Civil Lines police station on Friday and later transferred to Bankimongra police station for investigation, he said.

Korba Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari, two accused, including the private driver of 'Dial 112' service have been detained in the case and efforts are on to trace three other accused.