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Video shows Shiv Sena MLA entering poll booth while woman votes in Hingoli; probe ordered

Election officials have launched a probe after a video purportedly showed Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar entering a polling booth while a woman was casting her vote during the local bodies election in Maharashtra's Hingoli district on Tuesday. Voting is underway across 264 municipal councils and nagar panchayats in the first phase of the local body elections in the state, where 6,042 seats and 264 posts of council presidents are up for grabs. A video surfaced on social media, in which Bangar can be seen entering the polling booth, peeking into the enclosure as a woman cast her vote and speaking to her. Talking to reporters, an election official said, I have seen the video. But it is incomplete. I have asked the concerned official at the booth to prepare and submit a report on this incident, as he was present on the ground. We will take action based on the report. It is stated that a member of Bangar's family is contesting the municipal council polls in Hingoli. Rs 6 lakh seized in Majalgaon In another incident, officials on Monday seized Rs 6 lakh in cash from an SUV on the last day of the campaigning for the local body elections in Majalgaon of Beed district. The cash found in the jeep has been seized. The person concerned has been asked to furnish proper accounting details, said Majalgaon Municipal Council chief officer Sundar Bondar.