NEW DELHI: A voter standing in queue at a booth in Sitalkuchi, Coochbehar was killed in firing on Saturday morning.
He has been identified as Ananda Burman (18), a first-time voter.
It is still not clear who fired the shot that struck Burman.
Clashes erupted between Trinamool and BJP supporters soon after the incident, and additional police and RAF personnel had to be deployed in the area.
Crude bombs were hurled, and forces had to lathi-charge to control the situation.
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BJP and TMC traded charges following Burman’s death in firing.
TMC leader and Natabari constituency candidate Rabindra Nath Ghosh alleged that the BJP workers were behind the killing.
Dismissing Ghosh’s claim, Sitalkuchi’s BJP candidate Baren Chandra Barman said that the deceased was the party’s polling agent at the booth and TMC activists were behind the murder.
(With agency inputs)