13k Pilibhit voter details changed, UP CEO calls it a ‘deliberate crime’
Authorities in Pilibhit, India, have initiated an investigation and filed an FIR against two government officials and a registration operator for the deliberate rigging of voter rolls. Over 13,000 voter records were found to have been altered, leading to immediate disciplinary actions.
Why it matters
This highlights significant concerns regarding the integrity of electoral processes and the potential for administrative corruption in local governance.
PILIBHIT: Following an FIR against 2 SDMs/EROs - Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary - and an outsourced voter registration centre operator Anil Kumar over alleged rigging of voter rolls in 127-Pilibhit assembly seat, UP chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa on Friday told TOI "it was not a case of error or negligence but it was a crime done deliberately".Earlier in the day, district magistrate Alok Kumar recommended to UP principal secretary to initiate departmental probe against the SDMs.
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