Woman dies in polling booth

A 56-year-old woman died inside a polling booth in Nadia district on Monday apparently due to the prevailing heat wave like condition, officials said.

After standing in a queue for some time, Seikh Salema went inside the booth at a school in Kaliganj area in Krishnagar Lok Sabha seat around 9 am and fell unconscious shortly after that, district officials said.

Efforts to revive her by a woman accompanying her and poll workers inside the booth failed and she died.

District Magistrate Sumit Gupta confirmed the death of the woman.