Janjivan Bureau / Ranchi : A man was killed and two others injured on Saturday as security personnel opened fire on a group of men who tried to snatch their arms in Gumla’s Sisai constituency, where polling is under way, police said.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Murari Lal Meena said the man was killed when personnel of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) fired on the assailants near Booth No 36 in Sisai constituency. The injured had been admitted to hospital, said Meena, who is also the nodal officer for the Assembly election-related security measures.
Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said the incident is being probed and polling in the booth had been stopped. A police officer also suffered injuries when angry villagers resorted to stone-pelting after the incident, police sources said.
Sisai is among the 20 Assembly constituencies to go to polls in the second of the five-phase elections in Jharkhand.