Photo of Karnataka soldier displaying secret ballot paper goes viral
Mysuru: A photo of a soldier displaying the ballot paper on which he cast his vote for the Karnataka Assembly elections this month is going viral on social media.
While the Election Commission has given government employees the option of postal ballot in order to ensure they are not deprived of the right to vote, the public display of a secret ballot by a soldier is drawing the attention of many social media users.
The soldier has uploaded the photo of the ballot paper where he has voted, with the message, “I vote for Sa.Ra. From a soldier who works at protecting the nation, Jai Hind.”
The soldier, who is found to be a voter from KR Nagar constituency, has thereby declared openly that he was voting for SR Mahesh.
The election officers are investigating the identity of the soldier as well as his posting, to find the place he cast his vote from.
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Retired IAF personnel arrested for alleged Pak links in Assam
Tezpur (PTI): A retired Indian Air Force personnel has been arrested in Assam's Sonitpur district for alleged links with Pakistani intelligence operatives, police said on Saturday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Haricharan Bhumij said preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had shared sensitive documents and information with Pakistani operatives over social media.
Police have seized his laptop and mobile phone.
The devices have been sent for forensic examination, though some data has been deleted, Bhumij said.
The accused was a junior warrant officer in the IAF and had retired in 2002 from Tezpur’s Salonibari base.
He had later joined the electronics department of Tezpur University, but quit.
Bhumij said a case has been registered under the relevant sections of the BNS and a local court has remanded the accused to five days police custody.
