Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Nov 7 : Even as polling was underway on Saturday in 78 Assembly constituencies in 15 districts of Bihar, a Presiding Officer posted at a polling centre in Muzaffarpur district’s Katra Block died due to heart attack.
“Presiding Officer Kedar Rai, deployed at voting centre number 190 in Katra, died of a heart attack,” an official said.
He was employed with the state Irrigation Department.The body has been sent for a post-mortem.
Voting for 243 Assembly seats was slated to be held in three phases.Polling in 71 seats in the first phase was held on October 28 and 94 seats on November 3 in the second phase.
Polling in the third and final phase is going on on Saturday.Counting of the votes will be taken up on November 10
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