In Adilabad, police booked a candidate and five others for bursting crackers during a poll rally without permission, violating the model code of conduct. Candidates have been urged to adhere strictly to MCC guidelines.
In a rare turn of events, villagers in Challur, Karimnagar, celebrated the Anti-Corruption Bureau's successful trap of a corrupt panchayat secretary. The secretary, Kumbam Nagaraju, had demanded a bribe to allocate a house number.