Supporters Go Berserk

BIJEPUR (Bargarh): Tension gripped Bairagpali gram panchayat in Bijepur block of the district after supporters of a defeated Panchayat Samiti candidate, Jaykrushna Dansena went berserk in Bhalubahal and Bairagpali villages and set fire to six ballot boxes, on Monday.  Reports said after results revealed that Dansena had reportedly lost by 35 votes, his supporters began pulling down the tents and threw whatever they could lay their hands on before setting six ballot boxes on fire. It is said Dansena was a frontrunner for the post of Bijepur block chairman and his supporters could not swallow the development.