A police investigation is underway.(Representational)
Purulia: A automobile employed for ballot obligation was set ablaze at Bandwan in Purulia district on Friday night time, hours earlier than the primary part of meeting elections get underway, official sources stated.
The automobile was reportedly on its method again after dropping election officers at a polling station, when it was set on hearth at Tulsidi village within the once-Maoist-affected “Jangalmahal” belt of the state, they stated.
In response to eyewitnesses, the automobile was stopped by a couple of individuals who emerged out of the forests abruptly and allegedly threw a petrol-soaked materials on it, earlier than fleeing.
Nobody was injured within the incident, the sources stated.
The automobile was lowered to ashes by the point hearth brigade officers might douse the blaze, they added.
A police investigation is underway.
All of the 9 seats in Purulia will go for polls on Saturday within the first part.
