A series of deaths and health-related incidents involving staff deployed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in multiple states has triggered alarm, even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission, calling the ongoing exercise 'chaotic, coercive and dangerous'.
More than 80 people were arrested after a social media video showed them participating in a religious procession for performing a ritual to 'protect' their village from the scourge of coronavirus in Prantij taluka in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district, police said.
A mob attacked a police station in Navapura and burnt a bakery in Khenderao Market in Vadodara on Wednesday night, prompting the police to lob tear gas shells and open fire to control the situation.
The former India player was arrested by the police for allegedly breaking Gujarat's prohibition law on Tuesday and released on bail.
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