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EVMs stolen from Sub-Collector's office

VIJAYAWADA: The Suryaraopet police on Friday night registered a case under Section 379 (punishment for theft) on the basis of a complaint lodged by Sub-Collector K. Dharma Reddy that some Electronic Voting Machines were missing from the Sub-Collector's office complex.

Suryaraopet Inspector R.J. Jayaraj said that some unidentified persons had stolen the EVMs by breaking open the window grill of the room, where the machines were stored.

“We were not informed of the number of machines, as the Revenue officials are yet to estimate the number. We are investigating to nab the culprits,” he said.

It was learnt that the Revenue authorities failed to notice the theft as the complex building is being renovated these days. It was only after the police alerted them that the Revenue authorities realised that the theft had occurred.

The police came to know about the theft after questioning some rag pickers. Though the intention behind the theft was not known yet, the police suspect that the rag pickers might have stolen these just to sell as iron scrap.

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