A pall of gloom prevailed at Jorepatki village on Sunday as the bodies of four people, who died when CISF personnel opened fire allegedly after coming under attack from locals, were taken for burial by the bereaved families.

The four people were killed during the fourth phase of polling at a booth in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district on Saturday. Wearing black badges, villagers and relatives of the deceased went around the village with the bodies to protest the deaths. Tension was palpable in the area as people holding black flags walked in a procession with the bodies.