The repolling was necessitated as unidentified persons had damaged EVMs and VVPATs before the completion of voting at four of these six polling stations on April 26

A man riding a motorcycle was killed after his two-wheeler rammed an e-rickshaw that suddenly took a U-turn in the middle of a busy one-way road on a bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.

CCTV footage of the accident shows the e-rickshaw driver making a dash to escape from the area after seeing the biker fall on the road.

Akash Singh, 21, who was riding the bike, was taken to hospital by other commuters who stopped on seeing the accident. He died on the way, the hospital said.

A police case has been filed against the e-rickshaw driver based on a complaint by Akash Singh’s father, Ashwani Singh. His son worked at a private company. He was going for an office work when the accident happened on Saturday.

Commuters complained to the police the e-rickshaws are a nuisance once they come out from areas where they are allowed to operate.

“E-rickshaws don’t follow traffic rules most of the time. They are bullies. They gang up against others when objected and become violence,” a commuter in Prayagraj said.

“This mode of transport is good and pollution-free. But it doesn’t mean the police allow them to do whatever they want all the time. It’s very common to see e-rickshaws take the wrong side, make sudden turns,” another commuter said.

BJP has fielded 26/11 prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam as its candidate from Mumbai North Central seat, dropping two-term incumbent Poonam Mahajan from the contest. Nikam, a prominent presence on prime time TV during the trial of Ajmal Kasab as well as during the trial of the accused in the 1993 serial blasts, is expected to be a good fit for BJP’s “tough-on-terrorism” plank.