21 January 2011

Theft of EVMs: five scrap dealers held-hyderabadnews.info

News  courtesy-The Hindu

HYDERABAD: Cases have been filed against five scrap leaders arrested at Vijayawada in connection with the theft of electronic voting machines (EVM) from a godown there and the case is committed to the court.

Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal said the Election Commission, on the other hand, was examining the reply given by the Krishna district Collector, who is the District Election Officer, to its show-cause notice over the theft.

Mr. Bhanwarlal said the 10 balloting units and 15 control units of the EVMs were found missing from the godown recently.

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