Election Commission asks Delhi Police to file FIR against Syed Shuja

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the Delhi Police requesting them to file an FIR and probe the statement made by self-claimed cyber expert Syed Shuja. This comes against the backdrop of yesterday's EVM hacking global press conference held in London.

Syed Shuja, a self-proclaimed cyber expert based in the US, claimed that he was a part of the team at Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), which designed and developed the EVMs. He also alleged that the 2014 general elections in India were rigged. In a sensational claim, he has also said that senior BJP Gopinath Munde was murdered because he was aware of EVMs being rigged in 2014.

Earlier in the day, union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had accused the Congress of scripting the press conference and also accused senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who was present at the event, of “monitoring” the press conference on behalf of his party.


The Election Commission of India has repeatedly maintained that the electronic voting machines were foolproof. The commission was currently analysing what legal action could be taken regarding the press conference organised by Indian Journalists' Association (Europe).


Several regional leaders have taken to twitter to express serious concerns regarding the security aspects of the machines. Leaders have said that if EVMs can actually be tampered as claimed in a conference in London yesterday,it should be thoroughly probed as it puts our democracy and the electoral process in peril.

"Our great democracy must be protected. Every vote of yours is precious. All Oppn [Opposition] parties discussed the #EVM issue after the #UnitedIndiaAtBrigade rally," Mamata said in a tweet without talking about the claims being made at the London event.