Kolkata, April 23: A polling agent identified as Babulal Murmu was found dead inside his residence in Buniadpur region of Dakshin Dinajpur. The incident was reported amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 3 voting in Balurghat, Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad constituencies of West Bengal.

An inquiry has been launched into the death of Murmu, with his body being sent to the district government hospital for an autopsy report. Man in Queue to Vote in Murshidabad Killed in Congress-TMC Workers' Clash

In another fatal incident, a voter queued up to vote in Murshidabad died during the clashes between Congress and Trinamool Congress workers. 7 others were also reported to be injured.

Considering the volatile situation in the region, the Election Commission had deployed 20,000 central armed forces to guard the 9,770 voting stations earmarked for the third phase polls.

A top EC official, posted on poll duty in Bengal, had remarked last week that the situation in the state is akin to how "it was in BIhar 15 years ago".

Both the BJP and the Left Front had raised allegations of voter fraud during the first two phases of the polls, accusing the ruling TMC of "high-handedness" using the state police force.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, along with sitting Raiganj MP Mohammed Salim, had also approached the Central Election Commission seeking repolling in several polling booths citing the alleged booth capturing by Trinamool workers.

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