Police have arrested 12 persons, including kin of a BSP MP, for allegedly beating up a Presiding Officer and snatching ballot papers from him following a clash at a polling centre at Jahanpur village in the district, police said on Friday.
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One person died on Thursday and several others were injured during the violence that marred the second phase of panchayat election in the district, after which a case was registered against 25 persons, they added.
Among those arrested is Arshad who is brother-in-law of BSP Member of Parliament Tabusum Begum, he added.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police SK Shukla said in Muzaffarnagar on Friday that these people were protesting the killing of a worker in firing between two rival groups on Thursday.
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