MALDA: The 77-year-old spouse of an 85-year-old voter died of suspected coronary heart assault throughout a commotion as their household quarrelled with election officers visiting the aged residents’ homes to register their vote in a village in Bengal’s North Dinajpur on Monday.After the information of Tafijan Bibi’s dying unfold, indignant locals, together with TMC staff, briefly confined the ballot officers in Viti Katihar village.Because the octogenarian Kalu Sheikh is blind, his household demanded his disabled daughter be allowed to remain within the room throughout voting, however the EC group rejected the request, triggering an argument with villagers and TMC staff.Tafijan instantly fell sick and fatally collapsed. She was taken to Raiganj Medical Faculty, the place docs declared her useless, suspecting a coronary heart assault.Their household alleged the officers pressured Sheikh to vote.Whereas district election officer Vivek Kumar stated there had been a misunderstanding, TMC’s Krishna Kalyani alleged, “The inhuman EC has not solely disadvantaged one particular person of their vote however has additionally taken the lifetime of one other voter.”
