LS Polls: Bengali mob attacks EVM and dumps VVPAT machine into pond

South 24 Parganas, West Bengal: Two VVPAT machines were thrown into a pond in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, and electronic voting machines (EVMs) were robbed by a local crowd during the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election, which started at 7 am on Saturday, according to authorities. The Chief Electoral Office, West Bengal, states that the Sector Officer has filed a formal complaint and that the appropriate steps have been taken. "Today morning at 6.40 am Reserve EVMs and papers of Sector Officer near Benimadhavpur FP school, at 129-Kultali AC of 19-Jaynagar (SC) PC has been looted by local mob and 1 CU, 1 BU, 2VVPAT machines have been thrown inside a pond," the CEO of West Bengal wrote on X.