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This is an archive article published on November 21, 2008

Voter sets EVM on fire

The police have arrested a person, who after casting his vote, poured some oil on the electronic voting machine EVM and set it ablaze at a polling station in Biltara Assembly segment.

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The police have arrested a person, who after casting his vote, poured some oil on the electronic voting machine EVM and set it ablaze at a polling station in Biltara Assembly segment on Thursday evening. Chief Electoral Officer Alok Shukla said Ramcharan Suryavanshi, a voter at Baadi polling station in Biltara, was immediately arrested. He added that polling was not hampered as the machine was replaced.

 

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