Today is the fourth of the five phases of voting. The areas that are most tense are Murshidabad and Birbhum districts of the state as over one crore people vote for local governments.
A leader from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress publicly threatened on Sunday to behead a rival from the Congress party.
"Bapi Dutta, it would not take me even a minute to behead you," shouted Monirul Islam, a state legislator, at an election rally in the Birbhum district.
Last week, another politician from the Trinamool had asked party workers to attack the houses of independent candidates and hurl bombs at police men.
The threat was directed at Bapi Dutta, a Congress leader of Birbhum district.
In Birbhum, the bodies of two CPM supporters were found this morning. An independent candidate's father was shot at in the same district and has been moved to a hospital in Kolkata. Bombings have been reported in the Murshidabad district.
Yesterday, three people were killed in Murshidabad in poll related violence. All 4,935 polling booths in the district have been declared highly sensitive.
Last week, another politician from the Trinamool had asked party workers to attack the houses of independent candidates and hurl bombs at police men.
The threat was directed at Bapi Dutta, a Congress leader of Birbhum district.
In Birbhum, the bodies of two CPM supporters were found this morning. An independent candidate's father was shot at in the same district and has been moved to a hospital in Kolkata. Bombings have been reported in the Murshidabad district.
Yesterday, three people were killed in Murshidabad in poll related violence. All 4,935 polling booths in the district have been declared highly sensitive.
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