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Several incidents of violence, including gunfire and damaging EVMs, were reported during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Manipur on Friday...
There have been at least two incidents of gunfire close to polling stations in the valley, which has been rocked by ethnic violence over the last year...
In one of the incidents, a man was injured following a fire incident at a polling booth in Moirangkampu Sajeb Awang Leikai in Imphal East..
In another incident, a group of miscreants fired several rounds near a polling station in Thamanpokpi in Moirang Assembly segment in Bishnupur district..
He said that they have received complaints from some polling stations in Imphal West of people intimidating voters and agents, and attempting to capture booths...
