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Maoist violence mars Jharkhand poll

— Photo: PTI

High alert: A security person stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station in Bokaro during the third phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand on Tuesday.

Ranchi: Two BSF personnel were killed by Maoists during the third phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand on Tuesday. The elections, held for 11 seats in the 81-member House, registered a turnout of 55 per cent.

The Maoists, who had given a call for poll boycott, fired at a BSF patrol near the Sarasdangal forest in Dumka district, killing head constable Dharamvir Singh and constable Dinesh Sharma of the BSF’s 137 Battalion, Inspector-General of Police V.H. Desmukh said.

The BSF patrol, on a road-opening mission for the passage of polling personnel, returned the fire, he said.

The former Chief Minister Stephen Marandi (Congress) and JMM chief Shibu Soren’s son Hemant are among the prominent contenders.

The fourth phase is scheduled for December 12 and the fifth and final round December 18. The results will be announced on December 23. — PTI

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