Violent Poll Clash: Four dead outside polling booth in Cooch Behar

Kolkata: In a violent clash broke outside a polling booth in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district after a first-time voter was shot dead by unidentified persons outside a polling booth in Pathatuli area in Sitakulchi.

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The youth allegedly was dragged outside the polling booth while voting was underway and shot dead, a police officer said.

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TMC (Trinamool Congress) alleged that the BJP was behind the killing, while the saffron party claimed that the deceased was its polling agent at the booth and pointed the accusing finger at the ruling party in the state.