Srinagar: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir Shantamanu said Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in south Kashmir, where bypoll is scheduled to be held on April 12, would pose a ‘bigger challenge’.
The CEO said 200 incidents of violence, including stone pelting, petrol bomb attacks and vandalizing of polling booth, were reported today in the constituency, particularly in Budgam. “Six youth were killed and 17 others injured in clashes between protestors and security forces in Budgam,” he said, adding over 100 security force personnel were also injured in these clashes.
“Several vehicles, including private and public, were also set ablaze and damaged at various places in the constituency,” he added.
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