Maharashtra Assembly polls 2024: Mumbai police constable booked for photographing his postal ballot, sharing it on social media

The Election Commission (EC) has acceptable up 7 specified facilitation centres crossed Mumbai for authorities employees deputed connected predetermination duty. The centres are located successful Dharavi, Sion-Koliwada, Sewri, Byculla, Mumbadevi, and Colaba, beside Malabar Hill.

An serviceman said the breach of predetermination confidentiality rules occurred betwixt 9 americium connected November 14 and 5 p.m. connected November 15.

“A video was wide shared connected societal media showing a authorities servant voting done the postal ballot system. He photographed the postal ballot insubstantial aft casting his ballot and shared the representation with others, which aboriginal went viral.

“After conducting a confidential enquiry and reviewing the disposable documents, it came to airy that the postal ballot paper… was issued to Ganesh Ashok Shinde,” the serviceman added.

When EC officials contacted Shinde implicit the phone, the constable initially denied taking the photograph of the ballot. However, helium aboriginal admitted to taking a representation and sharing it with his relatives successful his hometown via WhatsApp.

“Because the worker breached the confidentiality of the election, some transgression and administrative enactment was recommended against Shinde arsenic per the Election Commission’s prescribed rules,” the serviceman further said.

The substance was subsequently reported to the Gamdevi Police Station, wherever a lawsuit was registered nether Section 223 (Disobedience to Order Promulgated by Public Servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 128 (Maintenance of Secrecy of Voting) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

The 288-member Maharashtra Assembly volition spell to the polls successful a azygous signifier connected November 20, with the counting slated to beryllium held connected November 23.