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Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Nearly 80 people were arrested and 500 detained in different parts of the Capital on Thursday on charges of indulging in violence or planning to create disturbance during polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections. An altercation between two candidates snowballed into a clash between their supporters at Jahangirpuri with both sides indulging in stone throwing. The police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the mob. A case of rioting has been registered and efforts are on to identify those involved. In Sultanpuri, a candidate allegedly manhandled the presiding officer of a polling booth and broke an electronic voting machine (EVM). This led to a scuffle between his supporters and some residents. The miscreants also damaged a motorcycle. The police have registered a case and are mounting raids to arrest those involved. In another case, Councillor Ramesh Pandit allegedly slapped the presiding officer of a booth at Preet Vihar. On the basis of the complaint lodged by the officer, the local police registered a case against the Councillor and arrested him. He was later released on bail. In Uttam Nagar, some people barged into a polling booth breaking its window-grills and tried to tamper with the EVMs, disrupting the polling process for some time. The matter was reported to the State Election Commission. A minor incident of election-related disturbance was reported at Minto Road in the afternoon. During the day, the police received about 70 calls pertaining to malfunctioning EVMs from areas like Nithari, Kondli and Sultanpuri. Sixteen cases regarding names missing from the voters' lists and identification proof were also reported. Several of these calls turned out to be bogus. A large number of preventive arrests of miscreants were made under the Delhi Police Act.
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