Bangalore: Three polling officers, three voters die


Bangalore: Three polling officers, three voters die

Bangalore, May 6 (DHNS): Three election officials died of cardiac arrest, at different places in the State on Sunday, according to reports from Madhugiri, Haveri and Honnavar.

Thimmaiah, 57, an assistant agriculture officer at the Watershed Development Department in Tiptur, who was deployed as presiding officer at Teriyur polling booth in Madhugiri, suffered a massive heart attack and died at noon.

He complained of severe heart ache when he was on duty and was given first aid. He died on the way to the hospital. In a similar incident in Haveri taluk, a teacher who was deployed as booth officer at Negalur, died of cardiac arrest.

The deceased has been identified as Leelavati Huchchappa (33), a resident of Tumminakatti in Ranebennur taluk and teacher at the Higher Primary School in Kirageri of Hirekerur taluk. 

In Kumta Assembly constituency, Kadatoka sector officer M C Mahendra (50) died of cardiac arrest. The principal of the ITI College and native of Tirthahalli, suffered massive heart attack.


Voters’ deaths

Annaiah Nayak (67), of KR Nagar in Mysore district, reportedly died of heart attack, after casting his vote at Doddanasoge village. Similarly, Mahadeva Shetty (37), of Chamarajnagar district, died of heart attack after exercising his franchise at Ramasamudra village. Jayanna (48), died at Sira, Tumkur district, after reportedly consuming hooch supplied by a candidate.



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  • Donald Roche, Mangalore

    Mon, May 06 2013

    While deploying for duty they never check the health condition. Even if they give medical certificates only very severe condition they consider as unfit. Hypertension or any other condition they are least worried. Those who are nearing retirement age say 58, 59 too got the poll duty. IAS or KAS officers and politicians are not worried about medical condition of the person they are going to deploy. This is the beauty of Indian election.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumbai

    Mon, May 06 2013

    I hope they were not frighted with SWORDS.......

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Mon, May 06 2013

    My sincere condolences to the family of demised polling officers and the three voters who expired yesterday.May God bless these souls etrenal peace and grant strenght to near and dear one's of the departed to withstand the irreparable grave loss.Thanq.

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