The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against self-proclaimed cyber expert Syed Shuja, who had on Monday claimed that EVMs used for elections in India can be hacked.
Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to Delhi Police requesting it to lodge an FIR & investigate properly the statement made by Syed Shuja yesterday at an event in London claiming to demonstrate EVMs used by ECI 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” informed Poll Panel, reported by ANI.
Election Commission of India to Delhi Police: 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 https://t.co/5cLDuRC60N
— ANI (@ANI) January 22, 2019
In its complaint, the poll body has asked the police to charge the US-based hacker under Section 505(1)(b) of the IPC and other relevant provisions of the law for engaging in public mischief by spreading rumours.
Requesting a probe, the EC in its letter to the Delhi Police has stated that the hacker has claimed that he was part of the EVM design team and can hack the EVMs used in elections in India.
Meanwhile, Politics over the issue intensified with the BJP making allegations on Congress for organizing the events. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also raised questions on Kapil Sibal’s presence in the London Event. BJP slams Congress; raises questions over Kapil Sibal’s presence in so-called London ‘Hackathon’
Reacting on the allegations, Congress Leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday brief Media on the issue and said, “Indian Journalists Association London President Ashish Ray told me he has sent invitations to all political parties including BJP & also Election Commission”
Sibal added, “He (Ashish Ray) sent me a personal e-mail also. I told him that I will be in London for some personal work & he insisted that I should come as they are going to make an important revelation. So I went”.