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Patna: A social media storm has erupted after claims surfaced that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has registered a 124-year-old woman from Bihar as a first-time voter. The woman, identified as Minita Devi from Siwan district’s Daraundha Assembly Constituency, appears in official voter lists with an EPIC number TSN3400439.

The claim, posted by social media user “Nehr_who” and accompanied by images of the ECI’s voter list, challenges the current Guinness World Records recognition of Ethel Caterham, a 115-year-old from the United Kingdom, as the oldest living person. The post sarcastically alleges that the ECI has kept Minita Devi’s case hidden, thereby denying her potential recognition as the world’s oldest person.

Further scrutiny of the same voter lists revealed two other registered voters in Bihar reportedly aged over 119 years, Asha Devi, 120, from Bhagalpur, and Manaturiya Devi, 119, from Gopalganj. These names were added following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls

Social media reactions have ranged from ridicule to serious accusations of electoral malpractice. One widely shared post described the situation as “massive fraud in Bihar SIR” and published a list of EPIC numbers allegedly belonging to voters aged above 115 years. Others mocked the improbability, quipping that “Bihar is truly not for beginners."

Among those amplifying the issue was Mansoor Khan, Congress’s losing candidate from Bengaluru Central in the 2024 election. Mahadevapura Assembly constituency, that Rahul Gandhi used as a sample to substantiate his allegations of voter fraud is a part of the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat. Sharing the Bihar voter list screenshots, he wrote: “Minta Devi, 124 years old. Born when India had a Viceroy, still voting when we have Wi-Fi. Either she’s a time traveller… or our voter list is pure fiction. This is the kind of data in our electoral rolls, @ECISVEEP. #VoteChori #VoteNammaHakku.”

This controversy echoes earlier statements from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has accused the ruling BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of facilitating electoral fraud. The Congress party has pointed to the Mahadevapura Assembly constituency, part of the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat, as a key example, stating that a systematic operation using five distinct methods resulted in the deletion of 100,250 names from the voter list in a manner that benefited the incumbent party. Social media users are now citing the Bihar voter list episode as further evidence of what they describe as systemic flaws in the electoral process.

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Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.

The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.

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The accused was a caretaker of the company.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.

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