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Heatstroke killed 33 Indian polling staff on last voting day: state election chief
2 years agoA voter gets his finger marked with Indelible ink before casting his ballot at a polling station on the seventh and final phase of voting in country's general election in Attari at the India-Pakistan border in India's Punjab state on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.