Case filed against BSP activists for abducting gram pradhan

Muzaffarnagar: A case has been registered
against four BSP activists for allegedly abducting a woman
gram pradhan and casting vote in her name during the UP
legislative council polls in the district on Thursday, police
said today.

Police registered the case yesterday after Jaipal
Singh, husband of the abducted woman, Pushpa, filed a
complaint that they voted in her name during the polls.

Meanwhile, opposition parties have alleged that
district authorities failed to conduct free and fair
elections.

RLD national general secretary Anuradha Choudhry
alleged large-scale rigging and misuse of government machinery
during the polls.

PTI