Ahead of Polling, Maoists Gun Down Woman Poll Officer in Odisha

The assembly segment where the attack took place, Phulbani, is scheduled to go to polling at 7 am on Thursday.

Hours before Odisha goes to the polls in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Maoists gunned down Sanjukta Digal, a woman polling officer in Kandhamal district of Odisha on Wednesday, PTI reported. Digal was taking a team of poll personnel to a booth ahead of the polling on 18 April.

The incident occurred in Phulbani assembly segment under Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat where polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am on Thursday, PTI reported.

Digal, a sector officer, was shot dead when she, along with four others, got down from the vehicle to check a suspicious object lying on the road while passing through a jungle, Odisha DGP in-charge BK Sharma told PTI.