Bhopal: A 50-year-old woman poll staffer died after suffering a heart attack ahead of voting in Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh, an official said, Monday.
Sunanda Kotekar, who was deployed at Lodhikheda polling booth in Saunsar area of Chhindwara, felt uneasy, Sunday night, Chief Electoral Officer VL Kantha Rao told reporters. She died of a cardiac arrest even before she could be provided any medical assistance, Rao added.
The woman and other personnel of the polling team had reached the booth early Sunday.
Polling began on Monday morning for elections in the state’s six Lok Sabha seats – Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and Chhindwara – and bypoll to the Chhindwara Assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Kamal Nath is in the fray.