SAPTARI, May 13: Voting at two polling booths has been suspended at the Janata Secondary School voting station, Hariraha of Dakeshwori Municipality-2 in Saptari district today.
Locals manhandled Polling Officer Bipin Yadav over a dispute that arose in the course of the voting and also smashed a ballot box, hence the voting had to be suspended, said the Election Officer Shambhunath Magar.
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Although the Election Officer and the assistant Election Officer tried to resume the voting by calling the political parties, an all-party meeting decided to put on hold the voting as the ballot box was broken and the ballot papers had been torn and scattered.
