Election Commission files police complaint against man over claim that he can hack EVM
The Hindu
Mumbai Cyber Police file FIR against man for false claims of hacking EVMs, EC officials confirm investigation.
“The Mumbai Cyber Police have lodged a first information report (FIR) against a man who claimed he could hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) by isolating machine frequency,” Election Commission (EC) officials said.
The complaint in the matter was lodged by the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO), alleging that the claims made by the accused, Syed Shuja, were false, baseless and unsubstantiated.
The FIR was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the IT Act at the Cyber Police Station, Dakshin Mumbai, on November 30 “against the person in this video”, the CEO said.
The EC action came after some social media users shared a video in which a man is heard claiming that he could hack and tamper with EVMs in the Maharashtra election by isolating the machine's frequency.
“In a similar incident involving false claims, an FIR was lodged on the direction of the Election Commission against the same person in 2019 in Delhi who is hiding in some other country,” the office of the Maharashtra CEO said in a post on X.
The Delhi and Mumbai police are actively investigating the case and taking necessary steps to identify and apprehend anyone in India who is in contact with “such individuals” or complicit in these “malicious activities”, an EC official said.
“Such actions are a serious offence and no one involved will be spared,” the official said.
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