PESHAWAR: Police have arrested a woman presiding officer and her husband deployed at a polling station here.
They have been arrested on charges of pre-poll rigging hours before the start of local government elections in province.
The woman presiding officer was arrested from Council 34, Tehsil Gor Khatri by police.
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Her arrest was made after various political parties protested against alleged pre-poll rigging. There were reports that PTI men were stamping ballot papers in favour of their party.
Police shifted the woman presiding officer and her husband to a police station.
Later, the Election Commission of Pakistan taking notice of the incident changed the whole polling staff at the said polling station.
