IMPHAL, June 7: Almost a week after the June 1 Autonomous District Council election, a chief agent of an independent candidate S Sailenthang Bosco Kom of 23-Nongmaijing Sadar Hills 44- Saikul has alleged that the wife of Congress candidate Dominic and his supporters had harassed voters from three villages who had come out to vote.
Speaking to media persons at the Manipur Press Club, Sailenthang`™s chief agent G Lansailung said villagers of the Laipharok Maring Village, Iril Kabui Chingdang Village and Touramphai Village in Senapati district who had come out to vote were harassed and assaulted by the supporters and the Congress candidate`™s wife at polling station 23/3 Sandangsemba, 23/4 Lemba Khul and 23/2 Waithou Chiru on June 1.
Most of the villagers who were women were threatened against voting at 23/4 Sandangsenba, he alleged.
He continued that the reported number of 1021 votes cast out of 1040 in the polling station is not the correct figure as the villagers were not allowed to cast their votes.
He said the action of the Congress workers is lamentable and unfortunate and cannot be taken lightly by the government.
He further demanded for an alternate polling station at Laipharok Maring Village for them.
Lansailung also alleged that the presiding officer of 23/2 Waithou Chiru polling station, L Biren Tangkhul was absent from his polling station during which BJP supporters allegedly captured the booth after which re-poll was necessitated in the polling station and as such the government should take action against him.
He claimed Biren Tangkhul had gone 23/4 Lemba Khul Polling Station to cast his vote.
He further claimed that supporters of the independent candidate who were returning home after casting their votes were also assaulted by unknown miscreants during the re-poll yesterday.
Such unwanted incidents occurred at 23/3 Sandangsenba, 23/4 Lemba Khul and 23/2 Waithou Chiru polling stations, he said.