Cuttack: Polling agents of some candidates have brought allegations of booth rigging at Anantapur village in Athagarh block of Cuttack district during the fourth phase of panchayat elections on Tuesday.
The polling agents were not allowed into booths number 1, 2, 3, and 4. They were manhandled by the villagers while the voting continued arbitrarily.
The polling agents further alleged that a journalist identified as Sushant Kumar Sahu was also manhandled by the villagers when he tried covering the incident.
Meanwhile, they have demanded to discard the election held in the said booths and go for repoll.
