According to the reports three government employees, including a woman, engaged in poll duty died in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh. According to the reports Sunanda Kotekar, 50, who was deployed at Lodhikheda polling booth in Saunsar area of Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat, felt uneasy on Sunday night, state Chief Electoral Officer V L Kantha Rao said that Kotekar, who along with other polling personnel of the polling reached the booth early on Sunday, died of cardiac arrest even before she could be provided with any medical assistance.
In other incident an assistant sub-inspector deployed on poll security duty died after suffering a heart attack in Sidhi district on Monday morning. Besides, a poll staffer posted at Seoni in Balaghat Lok Sabha seat suffered brain haemorrhage and succumbed to it on Sunday evening.
Polling was underway Monday morning for elections in the state's six Lok Sabha seats – Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara – and by-poll to Chhindwara Assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Kamal Nath is in the fray.
Accordings tot he officials barring the Naxal-affected Baiher, Lanjhi and Paraswada Assembly segments under Balaghat parliamentary seat, polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. In Naxal affected areas, polling will be held from 7 am to 4 pm.
