One of the most influential local government politicians in the East Midlands lobbed in a political hand-grenade: Councillor Jon Collins had warned that people in the city would no longer feel as safe.
There were at least two outbreaks of election related violence on Tuesday: up to eight people were injured in clashes in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, and in Indian-administered Kashmir the former central government minister, Maqbool Dar, escaped a hand grenade attack while touring his constituency.