EC seeks FIR, probe, into EVM 'hacker's' allegations

January 22, 2019 17:45

The Election Commission of India (ECI) wrote to the Delhi Police on Tuesday requesting it to lodge an FIR and investigate properly the statement made by Syed Shuja in London on the possibility that EVMs used by the poll body can be tampered with.

"Through media reports, it has come to the notice of the commission that allegedly one Mr Syed Shuja claimed (at the event in London) that he was part of the EVM design team & he can hack the EVMs used in elections in India," the EC said in its letter.

Shuja, who is reportedly a cybersecurity expert, had claimed on Monday that he could demonstrate how electronic voting machines used in elections could be tampered.

The EC, however, clarified that the EVMs cannot be tampered with, asserting that the machines are manufactured following "rigorous standard operating procedures".

Meanwhile, Congress leader Kapil Sibal whose presence at the hackathon event in London has embarrassed the party, clarified that the Indian Journalists Association London President Ashish Ray had told him that he had sent invitations to all political parties including the BJP and also the Election Commission. "He (Ashish Ray) sent me a personal e-mail also. I told him that I will be in London for some personal work and he insisted that I should come as they are going to make an important revelation. So I went."

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