Repolling ordered at polling station in Jhansi on April 21

Jhansi: The district administration, on Sunday, issued a notice for repolling in village Dattawali under Moth block after allegations of rigging. The repolling will be conducted on April 21.
The decision was taken after a massive agitation by villagers alleging rigging during the panchayat polling which took place on April 15.
As per the notice issued by district magistrate Jhansi, Andra Vamsi, the administration will issue advertisements in all daily local newspapers along with a general announcement in the entire area about the repolling.The polling will be conducted on April 21 from 7am to 6pm in Dattawali village.
On Saturday, BJP MLA from Garotha, Jawahar Singh Rajpoot staged a dharna at Nawabad police station in Jhansi from 2.30am alleging mass scale rigging in favour of a particular candidate in connivance with the presiding officer and local police at Dattawali village. He also alleged that when the remaining nine candidates approached his office to protest, they were picked up by the SOG team of police and were thrashed.
Though, later in a statement, SP City, Vivek Tripathi said only four persons were arrested based on video evidence while rest 11 persons were released. A high voltage drama was seen at the Nawabad police station on Saturday as villagers staged a massive protest against the alleged police atrocities.