Officer suspended for sharing pics from polling booth; 45% turnout till 1 pm in MP

A presiding officer in the Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh was suspended today after he clicked photographs inside a polling booth and shared them on WhatsApp. 

Ratan Dagor was on duty at a polling station in the Pananagar Assembly segment under the Jabalpur parliamentary constituency.

As per official sources, Dagor clicked photographs inside the polling booth and shared them on WhatsApp, which is a violation of the election rules. 

Meanwhile, 45% voter turnout was recorded till 1 p.m. in the six Lok Sabha constituencies where polling is being held in the first phase today -- Chhindwara, Balaghat, Mandla, Sidhi, Shahdol, and Jabalpur.

(Source: IANS)

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