West Bengal polls: 77-year-old dies of ‘heart attack’ after relatives clash with polling officials

Malda: The 77-year-old wife of an 85-year-old voter died of suspected heart disease during a riot in a village in North Dinajpur in Bengal on Monday when their family members quarreled with election officials who went to the home of a senior citizen to register to vote.After news of Tafijan Bibi’s death spread, angry locals and TMC The staff briefly restricted the polling officials to Vitika Tihar village.As octogenarian Karu Shaikh is blind, his family demanded that his disabled daughter be allowed to stay in the room during voting, but the Election Commission team rejected the request, triggering a tussle with villagers and TMC workers.Tafijan suddenly fell ill, fell down and died. She was rushed to Raiganj Medical College where doctors suspected she died of a heart attack and declared her dead.Their families claim officials forced Sheikh to vote.District election official Vivek Kumar TMC’s Krishna Kalyani claimed that there was a misunderstanding and “the inhumane Election Commission not only deprived one person of his right to vote but also took away the life of another voter.”