Sources in state government stated in a communication to Madhusudan Gupta, Secretary of the Election Commission of India the official has emphasised the necessity for holding fresh polls in several polling stations in Manipur.
Amidst incidents of vandalization of polling booths, firing between the rival groups, clashes in more than six places around 68.62 per cent of 15.44 lakh voters cast their votes in two Lok Sabha seats (one partially) in ethnic violence-hit Manipur.
Manipur police stated in X, “On 19.04.2024 Manipur Police arrested 3 (three) persons identified as i. Leichombam Jemson Singh (34 yrs), ii. Nongthombam Ratan (47 yrs) and iii. Khumukcham Angamba (32 yrs) in connection with a firing incident at Moirangkampu primary school in which one person was injured. Further, from their possession the following items were recovered: i.1 (one) .32 pistol with 8 (eight) live ammunition. ii.3 (three) mobile phones iii.1 (one) car Rs. 1.5 Lakhs in cash.”
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The injured Khoisnam Sanayaima is 75 year old. Five people came in a car and two of them went inside the polling station while the rest remained in the car.The incident led to scattering of the voters in the area and voting in the polling station was stopped. Voters of the polling station set ablaze the EVM and VVPAT machines of the polling station.The injured person is undergoing treatment in a hospital. In 2019 the Inner and outer seat registered voters’ percentage of 81.12 percent and 84.14 percent respectively. 15 of the 28 Assembly segments of the Outer Manipur (ST) parliamentary constituency went to polls. Voting will be held in the remaining 13 Assembly segments of Outer Manipur (ST) seat in the second phase on April 26.
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