Mum cops book EVM critic for ‘false claims’ | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Acting on a complaint from the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO), the Mumbai Cyber Police on Saturday registered an FIR against foreign-based EVM basher Syed Shuja in connection with a video showing him making "false, baseless and unsubstantiated claims" that he could hack and tamper EVMs in the recent state polls by isolating their frequency.Shuja was booked under section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and clauses 43(g) and 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Shuja, who EC sources said is based in a "third country", was last in the news for having addressed a press conference in London on Jan 21, 2019, with a handkerchief covering his face as he made similar claims that EVMs could be hacked by isolating their frequency, and that the 2014 LS polls w...