Highlights of Cooch Behar Incident, EC adjourns polling in Sitalkurchi Assembly

Election Commission on Saturday adjourned polling at one booth in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency under Cooch Behar district where four people were killed in the firing by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel.

Following the incident, the EC issued the order to adjourn the polls at Polling Station 126 of Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency. The poll panel's move followed the reports submitted by Special Observers.

A detailed report of the incident has been sought by the Chief Election Officer in West Bengal by 5 p.m. on Saturday.