Polling personnel killed in elephant attack
Kiran Chetri, a resident of Bhanunagar area of Jalpaiguri, was posted at a polling booth under Borjora police station in Bankura where the first phase of panchayat polls were held yesterday.
Chetri was attacked by an elephant when he was returning to the makeshift camp in a college building from Borjora School at around 2 AM, the police said.
Chetri started running but he was no match for the elephant who caught hold of him and tossed him across the road, the police said.