A few hours before the first phase of voting in West Bengal, a vehicle hired for election duty was set on fire at Bandwan in Purulia district on Friday night. Official sources gave this information. He said that the vehicle was going back after leaving the election officials at the polling station. Meanwhile, he was set ablaze in Tulsidi village of the Naxal-affected Junglemahal area of the state.
The police are investigating the case: According to eyewitnesses, some people who suddenly came out of the forest stopped the vehicle and allegedly sprayed petroleum material on it, and set it on fire. Sources said that no one was injured in the incident.
He said that before fire personnel could control the fire, the vehicle was burnt to ashes. The police are investigating the matter. All the nine assembly seats in the Purulia district are to go to the polls in the first phase on Saturday.
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