Some rebels also snatched an EVM from Polasari booth in the same area while the polling party was returning, while EVMs from three booths in Jodaamba area were also damaged by suspected rebels.
In Koraput district, an EVM was snatched from a booth in Pujaripat village, Inspector General of Police (South Western Range) Yaswant Jethwa told IANS.
Over 13 million people were eligible to cast their votes in the first phase of Lok Sabha election in the state. Polling for the remaining 11 Lok Sabha and 77 assembly seats would be held in the second phase April 17.
There are a total of 28,880,850 voters in the state.
Long queues were seen at many polling centres even before voting started at 7 a.m.
Security was tight and paramilitary personnel and police were deployed in vulnerable areas to ensure trouble-free polling.
