In a shocking incident on Sunday, December 3, an SUV reportedly rammed into a wall of an EVM strongroom in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, damaging a portion of the boundary wall.
The police said that the SUV was occupied by six men, reportedly drunk, who tried to enter the strongroom premises after the collision. Two arrests have been made, reported TOI.
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Kotwali station in-charge told TOI, “A black scorpio car was seized in the night and two accused, identified as Pramod yadav and Rudra Kushwaha have been arrested.” He added, “So far the arrested have not identified themselves with any political party. And no representative of any political party has turned up either. All the accused were in inebriated condition.”
A portion of the boundary wall of this same strongroom was found to be damaged on November 30.
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