HOWRAH: The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended three poll officials and a cop and removed three home guards after three EVMs and four VVPATs were recovered from the home of a local Trinamool Congress functionary in Uluberia North in Howrah, hours before it went to the polls.
Local residents raised the alarm after they spotted the EVMs and VVPATs being carried into the house of Gautam Ghosh in Tulsiberia around 2.30am. They gheraoed the place and launched an agitation. The local cops rushed to the spot and had to launch a lathicharge to disperse the mob.
Suspended sector officer Tapan Sarkar has said, in his defence, that an assistant sector officer, who is a relative of Ghosh, had suggested they go to his place to sleep for the night after central forces did not open the booth, which they reached late at night. He claimed he did not know about Ghosh’s TMC connections. BJP has claimed an ulterior motive.
2 men caught tampering with EVMs in Chennai, state CEO seeks report
2 men caught tampering with EVMs in Chennai, state CEO seeks report
Two men were caught carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on a two-wheeler in Chennai s Velachery area on Tuesday.
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UPDATED: April 7, 2021 11:34 IST
Two men were carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on a two-wheeler in Tamil Nadu. (Image for representation: PTI)
Two men carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were caught on Tuesday from Chennai s Velachery area. Two men were seen riding with EVMs on a two-wheeler near Velachery.
After the duo was caught, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) cadres claimed that they were trying to tamper with the EVMs at a secluded spot when Swiggy delivery staff caught them.
Seized EVMs in Uluberia ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 09:24 IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): After EVMs and VVPATs were found at the residence of a TMC leader in Uluberia, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended the sector officer on Tuesday amid the ongoing third phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.
According to the EC, Tapan Sarkar, sector officer of Sector 17 in AC 177 Uluberia Uttar at Howrah district, went with reserved EVM and slept at a relative s house. It was a reserved EVM that has been removed from the election process This is a gross violation of EC s instructions for which he has been suspended and charges will be framed for major punishment. The said EVM and VVPAT have been taken out of the stock and shall not be used in the polls. Severe action will be taken against all involved, read an EC statement.
Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar assembly segment, he said. Villagers spotted a vehicle with an Election Commission sticker outside the house of the TMC leader in the early hours, after which they started protesting, he added. Then, it was found that the officer of sector 17 Tapan Sarkar was visiting the TMC leader s house with the EVMs, the official said.
EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader s home, poll official suspended
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The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended.
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The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended. Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar assembly segment, he said.
Villagers spotted a vehicle with an Election Commission sticker outside the house of the TMC leader in the early hours, after which they started protesting, he added.