3,400 SIR forms found at Navi Mumbai photocopy shop, 5 BLOs suspended; Sena (UBT)-BJP men clash
Five Booth Level Officers have been suspended in Navi Mumbai after 3,400 sensitive voter registration forms were discovered being photocopied at a private shop. The incident sparked a political confrontation between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP activists, leading to an official inquiry into potential electoral malpractice.
Why it matters
The unauthorized handling of voter roll documents raises significant concerns regarding the integrity of the electoral process and the security of sensitive citizen data.
Five Booth Level Officers were suspended after 3,400 enumeration forms related to the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls were found at a photocopy shop in Navi Mumbai, triggering a clash between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP activists, police and district officials said.
The Sena (UBT) workers confronted a man whom they claimed was an office-bearer of the BJP's Youth Wing while he was allegedly getting SIR forms photocopied at a shop in the Kharghar area, police said on Friday, (August 28, 2026).
A BJP leader from Panvel said that the party workers had no connection with the matter.
A video related to the controversy went viral on Thursday (August 27, 2026), following which the matter drew attention. The administration subsequently initiated an inquiry into how the forms filled by voters reached a private photocopy centre.
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