Uttar Pradesh: Journalist shot dead in Sitapur; investigation underway
A journalist working for a reputed Hindi daily was shot dead by criminals in Sitapur on Saturday afternoon.
Around 58 per cent of voters have exercised their voting rights till 5PM in 8 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
With just an hour left for completion of the polls at 6PM , the polling percentage is expected to cross 60 per cent mark.
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ECI officials here maintained that not a single incident of violence was reported from anywhere so far.
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However in Saharanpur, hail and storm was witnessed at around 5 PM, which will impact further the voting process.
According to ECI , with an average of 57.54% of polling, Saharanpur seat recorded the highest of 63.29 % of voting till 5 PM followed by 54.68% in Bijnor, 58.68% in Kairana, 57.65% in Moradabad, 54.91% in Muzaffarnagar, 58.05% in Nagina, 60.23% in Pilibhit and 52.42% in Rampur.
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