Firozabad: A woman and her brother were
injured today in clashes at a polling booth during the bypoll
to Firozabad parliamentary seat, official sources said here.
Urmila Devi and her brother Sumit were injured when
two parties clashed with each other and exchanged fire
allegedly over a dispute related to polling at Pratapur poll
booth this afternoon, they said.
Police said the injured were admitted to district
hospital.
Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Singh Yadav, who won both
from Kanuaj and Firozabad in the Lok Sabha elections in May,
had vacated the Firozabad seat, leading to the bypoll.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 18:52