Ahmedabad: Police used mild force to disperse a mob in Rambagh area of Maninagar constituency of Gujarat, who were protesting against non-inclusion of their names in the voter list for the December 12 Assembly poll.

According to reports, police used force to disperse the crowd that had gathered in front of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in the area and shouted slogans against the Election Commissioner.

They alleged that names of a large number of voters in Maninagar, from where caretaker Chief Minister Narendra Modi is contesting election, were missing.

Gurucharan Singh, chief election officer said that polling in the state was "peaceful" and confirmed that complaint of missing of names were reported from some constituencies, including Rambagh area of Maninagar.

Meanwhile a report from Baroda said that in Ladharam High School polling booth, some miscreants pelted stones in an attempt to allegedly prevent people of minority community from casting their votes. Timely intervention by police brought the situation under control.

Polling was "smooth and peaceful" in the area, police said.

PTI