<p>A total of five workers who arrived to cast vote for the first phase of gram panchayat polls held on December 22 died in an accident between a cruiser in which they were travelling and a government bus near BG Kere village of Challakere taluk in Chitradurga district on Saturday night. Seven others have sustained injuries in the incident.</p>.<p>The workers were going back to Bengaluru from H Siddapur of Devadurga in Raichur district.</p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as Thimmanna(40) and Ratnamma(35) of H Siddapur, Mahesh (19), of Somanamaradi village, Duragappa of Ganajali village. The identity of another deceased is yet to be ascertained.</p>.<p>The injured have been admitted to the government hospital in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>The workers had arrived at their native places in Devadurga taluk to cast their votes in the gram panchayat polls held on December 22.</p>
<p>A total of five workers who arrived to cast vote for the first phase of gram panchayat polls held on December 22 died in an accident between a cruiser in which they were travelling and a government bus near BG Kere village of Challakere taluk in Chitradurga district on Saturday night. Seven others have sustained injuries in the incident.</p>.<p>The workers were going back to Bengaluru from H Siddapur of Devadurga in Raichur district.</p>.<p>The deceased have been identified as Thimmanna(40) and Ratnamma(35) of H Siddapur, Mahesh (19), of Somanamaradi village, Duragappa of Ganajali village. The identity of another deceased is yet to be ascertained.</p>.<p>The injured have been admitted to the government hospital in Chitradurga.</p>.<p>The workers had arrived at their native places in Devadurga taluk to cast their votes in the gram panchayat polls held on December 22.</p>