Maoists gunned down a woman polling officer in Kandhamal district of Odisha on Wednesday when she was taking a team of poll personnel to a booth on the eve of the second phase of elections, police said.
Sector Officer Sanjukta Digal was shot dead when she got down from the vehicle to check a suspicious object lying on the road while passing through a jungle, DGP B.K. Sharma told PTI .
Other polling personnel were in the vehicle and were unhurt.
The incident occurred in Phulbani Assembly segment under Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat where polling is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. on April 18.
