FIR in UP over video of boy voting 8 times
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav posted the video on X and wrote: “If the EC feels this is wrong, they should definitely take some action...”
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In the video, the boy is seen counting each time he presses the button on the EVM. Etah officials said they have identified the polling booth (File Photo)An FIR was registered against an unidentified person at Naya Gaon town of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh for the alleged violation of the model code of conduct and other offences, on the basis of a video wherein an unidentified boy was seen claiming to have cast vote eight times.
In the video, the boy is seen counting each time he presses the button on the EVM. Etah officials said they have identified the polling booth. Police said they are still in the process of identifying the person seen in the video, which was widely shared on social media.
“Based on a complaint filed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate P Tripathi, we have registered an FIR against an unidentified person. As part of our investigation, we will try to locate the person, who appears to be a minor, seen in the video,” Naya Gaon SHO Ritesh Thakur said.
The FIR was registered at Naya Gaon police station under IPC sections 171-F (punishment for undue influence or personation at an election), 419 (cheating by personation), along with sections of the Representation of the People Act. The Information Technology Act has also been invoked.
Etah Additional District Magistrate Satya Prakash said they identified the polling booth and recommended suspension of polling officials, besides departmental action against the sector magistrate.
Naya Gaon is a part of the Aligarh Assembly constituency, which falls within the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency that went to polls on May 13. Farrukhabad’s incumbent MP Mukesh Rajput of the BJP was pitted against Naval Kishore Shakya of the Samajwadi Party.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav posted the video on X and wrote: “If the EC feels this is wrong, they should definitely take some action…”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared Akhilesh’s post on X, writing in Hindi: “Seeing its defeat, the BJP wants to defy the mandate by putting pressure on the government machinery to rob democracy. Congress expects all officials performing election duties to not forget their constitutional responsibilities in the face of pressure….”
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