Shimla, May 19 -- Eight officials, including an assistant returning officer, have been booked after two ballot papers meant for the Himachal Pradesh panchayat elections went missing during ballot paper writing process in Solan district's Kunihar area, officials said on Monday.

The district administration has also removed the employees concerned from election duty following the incident. According to officials, the work related to postal ballot and ballot paper writing has been underway at Kunihar since May 16. During the process, two ballot papers issued for the post of pradhan for ward 4 of Khanlog gram panchayat were found missing.

The matter came to the notice of the administration on Sunday following which the block development offi...