Day before the ‘D’ day (decision day) of Assembly poll, turbulence erupted after huge Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) found kept under sky (openly) on ITI campus in Dhanbad on Monday.
Hundreds of the political party workers created turbulence after they found EVMs are kept in the open ground (on the ITI campus in Dhanbad Polytechnic) instead of keeping it in strong room.
At least 500 EVM were found kept under the sky without any security inside the Dhanbad Polytechnic’s ITI campus.
Alleging district administration for supporting a particular party for their victory EMVs are kept elsewhere instead of keeping it in the ‘strong room’, said Shyam Kumar a congress party worker.
Without any security EVM boxes are openly kept here, he said.
later irked party workers gathered in the ground where boxes were kept and started creating ‘hue and cry’.
After few hours Prashant Kumar DC Dhanbad rushed on the spot; after his intervention irate people came on calm.
Kumar assured them that these EVMs are not used for poll; kept on reserve of voting. later DC checked the EVMs in the presence of several contestants; found unused.
It’s the matter of investigation that how these machines are came out and kept openly without my order, said Kumar. “I will investigate into matter and guilty will be punished”, assured DC.
Meanwhile, counting of votes will be held on Tuesday in Jharkhand which witnessed bipolar and triangular contests in 81 assembly seats.
Amidst the maoist threat Jharkhand witnessed a record voter’s turnout f 65.5 percent in five phases of elections to elect their MlAs.