Bengal Panchayat Elections: Booths Destroyed, Ballot Boxes Go Up In Flames Amid Violence In State — SEE PICS

As the day passes and voting gains a little momentum in the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023, incidents of violence such as setting motorcycles, and ballot boxes up in flames have been surfacing.

Images of violence in West Bengal as Panchayat Elections 2023 take place

Image of a motorcyle being burnt in the middle of the streets as a group of angry voters surround it. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

Image of a destroyed polling booth while a police officer takes stock of the situation. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

A motorcycle was torched during the violence that erupted in West Bengal on Saturday. (Image Source: Twitter/@ABPNews)

Local-made bombs were also used for explosions during the violence. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

Residents of Dhamsa in Hooghly threw two ballot boxes in a pond allegedly after scuffle between TMC and BJP workers at a polling booth. The residents allege that Central forces were not deployed at the centre. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

A group of angry voters in Cooch Behar set on fire a ballot box at a polling booth after reports of bogus voting started doing rounds. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

Smoke coming out of a tractor after it was set ablaze. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)