Violence was reported in Kultali in Bengal's South 24 Parganas where a mob allegedly threatened by Trinamool Congress supporters threw an EVM into a pond. Taking to X, the Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer said that reserve EVMs and papers were looted by local mob and VVPAT machines were thrown in a pond.
"FIR has been lodged by sector officer and necessary action has been initiated. The poll process in all six booths under the Sector is running uninterrupted. Fresh EVMs and papers have been provided to the Sector Officer," the tweet stated.