Rajasthan bypolls: Violence erupts outside polling booth in Tonk; stones pelted at police

IG Ajmer Omprakash said dense constabulary unit deployment was made successful the village. The nonstop fig of vehicles burnt volition beryllium wide aft the mob is dispersed, helium said, adding that determination was confirmation of 1 conveyance being acceptable ablaze by the mob. Police are engaged successful bringing instrumentality and bid nether control, the serviceman said.

Stones were pelted astatine the constabulary who lobbed teardrop state shells to power the situation.

Hundreds of radical were contiguous astatine the dharna extracurricular a polling presumption successful which Meena earlier successful the time had slapped an RAS serviceman engaged successful predetermination duty.

He aboriginal sat connected a dharna extracurricular a polling booth successful Samravta colony and asked his supporters to stitchery astatine the dharna with sticks.

After polling was over, constabulary asked Meena and his supporters to disperse from extracurricular the polling presumption truthful that the polling enactment could permission the presumption with EVM machines. However, constabulary said, they turned convulsive and pelted stones astatine police.

Meena slapped SDM Malpura Amit Chaudhary for making efforts to get much radical to ballot portion locals had boycotted polling implicit a demand. Meena was supporting the villagers.

VIDEO | Rajasthan: Violence erupted extracurricular a polling booth successful #Tonk territory – wherever bypolls were being held – erstwhile alleged supporters of Independent campaigner Naresh Meena pelted stones astatine constabulary and acceptable ablaze vehicles connected Wednesday night.

This happened aft the constabulary force… pic.twitter.com/QudylTwKlZ

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RAS officers’ relation has demanded the apprehension of Meena and warned of a pen-down onslaught from Thursday crossed the authorities if helium was not arrested.

Polling for bypolls connected 7 assembly seats, including Deoli-Uniara, was held contiguous from 7 americium to 6 p.m. and counting volition instrumentality spot connected November 23.

Naresh Meena, a Congress rebel, contested the predetermination from Deoli-Uniara arsenic an autarkic candidate.