Workers carry EVMs, VVPAT devices, and election materials after collecting them from a distribution centre on the eve of the Assam Legislative Assembly elections, in Sonitpur on April 8, 2026.
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A poll official was found dead in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Thursday (April 9, 2026) amid Assembly elections in the State, officials said.
Deben Horo (45) was deputed as the second polling officer in the Naduar constituency, they said.
“Hore was deputed in polling station no. 230 in Dolapani LP School. He was found unconscious in his bed this morning. He was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, but he was pronounced dead by the doctors,” an official said.
Published – April 09, 2026 01:13 pm IST
