Repolling for 696 polling booths in the West Bengal panchayat polls took place peacefully on Monday even as the Calcutta High Court directed that First Information Reports (FIR) be registered in connection with deaths that occurred in the violence on the day of polling.
The repolling in 696 polling booths was held across 18 districts of the State without any major incident of violence. Four personnel of the Central forces were deployed at every booth where repolls were held. The highest number of polling booths that went for repoll was in Murshidabad where 175 booths went for repoll followed by 110 in Malda district.
The Calcutta High Court order came in response to a petition filed by State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
