Man who showed 'EVM loopholes' held

The Election Commission has termed as "patently false" the allegation that a Hyderabad- based technical coordinator, who claimed that electronic voting machines could be tampered with, was arrested at the behest of the EC for allegedly stealing an EVM. Hari Prasad, technical coordinator of VeTA (Citizens for Verifiability, Transparency and Accountability in Elections), was arrested from Hyderabad on Saturday in connection with the theft of an EMV, Mumbai Police said Monday.

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[dibyanlp]

he is a genius.

[arvindsoni1975]

Microsoft spend millions of dollars to stop illegal distribution of their softwares...How come than this helpless govt. who doesn't know anything abt EVR may able to stop such fraud....intension is clear.......they want prejudge result but predict people as they are elected by public....

[rajimish]

This is crazy stuff.....clearly, govt is back to its "I AM BLIND + DEF " tactics.....god bring hell onthis govt soon !!

[Photon98]

so....it is better to REVERT BACK to ballot-box approach now!

[anshulthapliyal]

this happens in India

[jocalling]

Mantrik - if the researchers had access to the voting machine to prove their point (from an anonymous source or whatever), it means that it is possible for these machines to reach wrong hands.

[mantrik00]

All the methods that have been shown are possible only if the so called "goons" have access to the voting machines to physically tamper them. But even in traditional ballot voting if the goons had access to the ballot boxes, the election could be rigged. Therefore, the question is - Do the 'goons' have such access to the machines to be able to make those changes? In fact, electoral malpractices have reduced since the introduction of voting machines and phased voting in India.