Rs 2.5 crore were demanded for tampering with EVM, police arrested army soldier

Police in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city have arrested an Army jawan for demanding Rs 2.5 crore from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve for tampering with EVMs. Giving information about this, an official said on Tuesday that the leader of opposition in the state Legislative Council, Danve, had lodged a written complaint with the police that the accused Maruti Dhakane had allegedly defrauded him by claiming to tamper with the electronic voting machine through a chip. But he had asked for money.

‘After negotiations, the deal was finalized for Rs 1.5 crore’

Danve said in his complaint that the accused had claimed that this chip could help a particular candidate get more votes. Police said that the accused made this claim to repay his debt. He told that he does not know anything about EVM. According to the police, around 4 pm on Tuesday evening, the accused met Rajendra Danve, younger brother of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas, at a hotel near a bus stand here. The officer said that the jawan asked him for Rs 2.5 crore and after negotiations the deal was finalized for Rs 1.5 crore.

‘The accused does not know anything about EVM’

Based on the information provided by Ambadas Danve, a team of police in plain clothes was sent and the accused was caught red handed while accepting Rs 1 lakh from Rajendra Danve. Police Commissioner Manoj Lohia said, ‘The accused has a lot of debt. He used this trick to pay off his debt. He doesn’t know anything about EVM. We have arrested him and a case has been registered at Kranti Chowk police station.’ Another officer said that a case has been registered against the accused under sections 420 and 511 of the IPC. According to the police, the accused is a resident of Pathardi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra and was posted in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.