Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 11 (HBTV): Former chief minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat, along with other Congress members, was detained and taken to a police station following the violence in the Manglaur assembly seat in Haridwar district on June 10. 

According to reports, Harish Rawat was detained by police while attempting to visit a polling booth in Libberheri after being accused of disrupting the democratic process. 

This comes after violence erupted in the Manglaur assembly seat on Wednesday as Uttarakhand went to polls in two constituencies, Badrinath and Manglaur. 

A violent altercation broke out in Libberheri village, within the Roorkee region, just hours into the voting process. The confrontation resulted in injuries to multiple Congress workers.

Earlier on Wednesday, speaking to ANI about the violence, Harish Rawat said, "We feared this. We were constantly urging the administration to ensure the smooth conduct of these elections. Whatever happened in Libbarheri is unprecedented and it will forever be a blot on the history of Uttarakhand." 

"We never thought voters would be intimidated. There was no one to take the injured to the hospital. This is a conspiracy by the ruling party. An atmosphere of fear is being created. I want to urge everyone to come together to defeat such conspiracies," he said. 

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for clarity.