July 8, 2023 8:56 PM

WB Panchayat Polls: 11 killed in election related violence

Eleven people were killed in election-related violence in West Bengal since midnight as voting was underway for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state on Saturday. Officials said, among those killed were six TMC members, and one worker each of the BJP, CPI(M), Congress, and ISF, and another person whose political identity could not be known.   Besides violent clashes that injured several people, ballot boxes were destroyed in several parts of the state.   The polling began...