The panchayat polls in and approximately Ahmedabad district passed off peacefully on Thursday other than for 2 incidences of violence.

A complaint was registered in both. In all, 367 villages in Ahmedabad had gone to polls on Thursday.

In the to begin with accessoire, a bunch of individuals attacked the presiding officer at Kalyanpura in Dholka taluka.

The accessoire led to cancellation of the polls inside the village. A grievance was later on registered versus these involved from the clash. Re-polling will get area inside the village on Friday.

During the 2nd incident, two teams of people clashed in an election-related violence in Motithori village of Viramagam taluka. What led into the clash will not be but acknowledged. Polling had to be stopped for a while. But, it had been afterwards resumed and then continued peacefully.

“The polling was peaceful in Ahmedabad assortment, Kheda and Anand,” stated GS Malik, IG, Ahmedabad variety. About the Kalyanpura incident, Malik explained the scuffle happened once the presiding officer asked a number of people for identification proof.

In Ahmedabad district, 880 policemen were pressed into duty to make certain peaceful polls. Also, 100 police officials who had been deployed for patrolling duty happen to be assisted by a hundred and fifty SRP jawans.

A single DSP, eight DySPs (like several of Ahmedabad rural), 19 police inspectors (including seven of Ahmedabad rural), 19 PSIs, 800 residence guards, and 600 gram rakshaks were stationed at several polling booths in Ahmedabad district.