Bengal polls: 77-yr-old dies of 'heart attack' as kin fight home voting officials

MALDA: The 77-year-old woman of an 85-year-old elector died of suspected bosom onslaught during a commotion arsenic their household quarrelled with predetermination officials visiting the aged citizens' houses to registry their ballot successful a colony successful Bengal's North Dinajpur connected Monday.After the quality of Tafijan Bibi's decease spread, aggravated locals, on with TMC workers, concisely confined the canvass officials successful Viti Katihar village.As the octogenarian Kalu Sheikh is blind, his household demanded his disabled girl beryllium allowed to enactment successful the country during voting, but the EC squad rejected the request, triggering an statement with villagers and TMC workers.Tafijan abruptly fell sick and fatally collapsed. She was taken to Raiganj Medical College, wherever doctors declared her dead, suspecting a bosom attack.Their household alleged the officials forced Sheikh to vote.While territory predetermination serviceman Vivek Kumar said determination had been a misunderstanding, TMC's Krishna Kalyani alleged, "The inhuman EC has not lone deprived 1 idiosyncratic of their ballot but has besides taken the beingness of different voter."