SHILLONG: Voting picked up Wednesday for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya, even as the of firing of blanks was reported near a polling centre and wild elephants disrupted officials from visiting two polling booths in the state.
Suspected insurgents fired blanks near the Tolegre polling booth in South Garo Hills district under Tura parliamentary constituency. "We don't know who was behind the firing as it took place near a jungle," said district police chief Lakardor Syiem, adding that balloting continued there.
A herd of wild elephants, meanwhile, disrupted movement of election officials to two polling booths - Nokchi and Halchatti - under Tura. "Wild elephants blocked the road disrupting movement of sector election officials to two polling booths - Nokchi and Halchatti," South West Garo Hills District Magistrate Ram Singh told IANS. The road was cleared as forest guards chased away the elephants into the forest.
