EC bars CM Mamata Banerjee, other leaders from visiting violence-hit Cooch Behar district
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The Election Commission bars CM Mamata Banerjee from visiting violence-hit Cooch Behar district for the next 72 hours. The notification further, mentions no political leaders should be allowed to visit the tensed area over the next three days. Earlier, in the day four persons were killed as central forces opened fire on locals who allegedly "attempted to snatch their rifles" near a polling booth in Sitalkuchi constituency.