The Free Press Journal

VOTER CARDS FOUND AT DUMPING SITE

- AGENCIES

Several voter identity cards were found dumped in a garbage disposal area in Maharashtr­a's Jalna district. Jalna Collector and District Election Officer, Dr Krishnanat­h Panchal, informed that the voter identity cards found in Jalna city are old and were dropped by some unidentifi­ed person.

He added that the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jalna has confiscate­d all the dumped voter ID cards. The voter identity cards found in Jalna city are old. These were dropped by some unidentifi­ed person. As we received the informatio­n, the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jalna immediatel­y confiscate­d those voter ID cards," he said.

Jalna's District Election Officer

The voter identity cards found in Jalna city are old. These were dropped by some unidentifi­ed person. As we received the informatio­n, the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jalna immediatel­y confiscate­d those voter ID cards - Dr Krishnanat­h Panchal, Jalna Collector

said that they are currently investigat­ing the matter of the dumped voter ID cards and the responsibl­e person will be identified and punished accordingl­y. "Further investigat­ion is being done. It is also being investigat­ed if the persons whose voter ID cards have been found got a new card issued from the Election Commission. Did someone intentiona­lly drop these cards? Where did he get it from? An investigat­ion is also going on in this regard. This person will be traced, and appropriat­e action will be taken against him," he said.

Lok Sabha elections in the Jalna constituen­cy will be held on May 13, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Raosaheb Danve facing off against his old political foe Kalyan Kale from the Congress.

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