Srinagar: Police have registered an FIR against two persons, including Independent candidate Jibran Dar for allegedly disrupting voting at a polling station during the Srinagar parliamentary polls, officials said on Tuesday.
The FIR was lodged on Monday against independent candidate Jibran Dar and his woman supporter Sujata Bashir on the complaint of Mehjoor Nagar polling booth’s sector magistrate Sarfaraz Ahmad, the officials said.
The Srinagar parliamentary constituency went to polls in the fourth phase on May 13, registering a voter turnout of nearly 38 per cent
In the FIR, the independent candidate was accused of creating disruption and public hindrance during the poll process.
He was also accused of threatening the polling staff and blocking the main road, preventing the voters from casting their ballots, the officials said.
They said Dar and his woman supporter were charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code, including 341 (wrong restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 186 (obstructing public servant) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) besides 132 of the Representation of People’s Act, which talks about penalty for misconduct at the polling station.
