Hyderabad: A 72-year-old drunk voter was held for chewing and swallowing a ballot paper in Jagtiyal during the first phase of the Telangana local body polls on Thursday, December 11.

The incident occurred in Venkatapur village where the accused, identified as Venkataiah arrived at the polling station and took the white ballot paper meant to vote for ward members, chewed it and swallowed it instead of placing it in the ballot box.

According to Jagtiyal police, Venkataiah also chewed the pink ballot paper meant to vote for sarpanch candidates. However, the man could not fully swallow it as the polling staff stopped him and handed him over to the police.

Based on a complaint by the election authorities, a case was registered.

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