Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Whistleblower demands Rs 52 crore to tamper with evms for MP
Mumbai: With Maharashtra gearing up for elections on November 20, a self-proclaimed cyber expert, Syed Shuja, has once again raised allegations of EVM tampering. Shuja claims he can hack Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) using technology from the US Department of Defence, where he once worked as a contractor.
According to a report in India Today, Shuja disclosed his capabilities to a journalist posing as the PA of a Member of Parliament. He claimed access to 281 out of 288 constituencies and claimed he could manipulate EVM results in 63 seats if provided with VVPAT details.
Shuja stated that his method involves intercepting transmissions on polling day to replace the Election Commission’s file with one of his own. Despite EVMs being powered off, he claimed the transmissions would continue, enabling tampering. Shuja reportedly demanded $6 million (approximately Rs 52 crore) for his services.
This isn’t the first instance of Shuja making such claims. In 2019, he alleged EVM hacking during the 2014 elections that saw the BJP’s resounding victory. He also accused the BJP of orchestrating the killing of Gopinath Munde for knowing too much about EVM tampering.
The Election Commission has consistently denied allegations of EVM manipulation. Last month, the Commission dismissed claims of irregularities during the Haryana elections, describing the accusations as unfounded and warning against attempts to undermine electoral integrity.
As Maharashtra heads to polls amid these allegations, parties like Shiv Sena, NCP, BJP, and Congress vie for dominance in a politically fractured state.
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Four booked for tying 18-year-old to tree, beating him up in UP's Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.
The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.
The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.
According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.
The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.
Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.
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