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Mumbai: Voters, poll officials confused over ban on mobile phones

While some voters in Mumbai were told to go home and return without phones, others were let in with a mere warning to switch them off

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Some voters deposited their phones with people who accompanied them at the polling centres Pics/Ashish Raje and Pradeep Dhivar

Some voters deposited their phones with people who accompanied them at the polling centres Pics/Ashish Raje and Pradeep Dhivar

The 'No Mobile Phones' diktat issued by the Election Commission for voters at polling centres had a rather ambiguous implementation. While some carried it along inside the polling booth, others were asked to keep it out. With directions about phones not being allowed in the 100 meters vicinity of polling stations, the Election Commission had not made any provisions for safekeeping of phones.

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