LS polls: Two govt employees on poll duty die in MP

BHOPAL: Two government employees engaged in election duty died in separate incidents in

Madhya Pradesh

, an official said on Sunday.


Garu Singh Chogad, who was deployed at the Jalwat polling booth in Dhar Lok Sabha constituency, died after suffering a heart failure on Sunday morning, state's Chief Electoral Officer V L Kantha Rao told reporters here.

In another incident, a presiding officer, Anil Nema, in Dewas Lok Sabha seat died of cardiac arrest on Saturday night, he said.

Polling was underway peacefully on Sunday in eight Lok Sabha seats - Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur,

Ratlam

, Dhar, Indore,

Khargone

and Khandwa - in the fourth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state, he added.