Pune Cops Recover Stolen Control Unit Of EVM, Arrest 2

The control unit of an electronic voting machine (EVM) was allegedly stolen from the office of a revenue official in Maharashtra's Pune district.

Police have recovered the control unit of an electronic voting machine (EVM) after it was allegedly stolen from the office of a revenue official in Maharashtra's Pune district, and arrested two persons in this connection, an official said on Wednesday.

Taking cognisance of the matter, the Election Commission (EC) of India has directed the state government to suspend the sub-divisional officer, tehsildar and sub-divisional police officer of the area and initiate disciplinary proceedings against them.

The incident of theft had occurred at the office of a tehsildar in Saswad on February 3 and a CCTV footage of the offence surfaced on social media.