Watch: Over 300 voter ID cards found in Narmada river at MP's Mandleshwar
Over 300 voter ID cards were discovered in the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, prompting an investigation by local authorities. The opposition Congress party has alleged potential election tampering and demanded an impartial inquiry.
Why it matters
The discovery raises concerns about election integrity and the security of voter documentation in regional Indian politics.
Khargone: Over 300 voter ID cards reportedly belonging to residents of Indore were found in the Narmada river at Mandleshwar in Khargone district on Sunday.Mandleshwar SDOP Shweta Shukla told TOI that the cards were spotted by members of Niswaarth Samajik Seva Samiti, an Indore-based social service organisation, during a voluntary cleaning drive at the ghats. “A revenue team later reached the spot on the instructions of SDM, prepared a panchnama and seized the cards,” she said.Mandleshwar police station in-charge Pankaj Tiwari said that 343 cards were recovered.
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