Case slapped on Punjab FM for slapping poll official

AMRITSAR: Punjab Police on Tuesday registered a case against Finance Minister and Congress candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat Surinder Singla for slapping an election official outside a booth in Majitha town.

The complaint was filed following a complaint from returning officer of the area.
 
Singla is said to have been infuriated with the polling official over the issue of allowing an old woman to cast her vote in booth 26 in Majitha, 25 km from here, district officials said.
 
The keenly contested by-election between Singla and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Navjot Singh Sidhu is being held along with assembly elections in the state on Tuesday.