‘Hiding in another country’: FIR against ‘EVM hacker’ Syed Shuja after EC complaint | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has filed a complaint leading to a FIR against Syed Shujawho claimed he could hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) by isolating their frequency. Mumbai Cyber ​​Police registered the case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and IT Act on November 30, officials said.
The Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra (CEO) filed the complaint, calling Shuja’s claims “false, baseless and unsubstantiated.” The FIR was lodged at the cyber police station in Dakshin Mumbai.
The Election Commission’s action follows a viral video in which Shuja claimed he was able to tamper with EVMs used in the Maharashtra elections. Officials confirmed that Shuja had made similar allegations in 2019, prompting another FIR filed in Delhi.

“In a similar incident of false claims, an FIR was filed in 2019 on the directions of the Election Commission against the same person in Delhi who is hiding in another country,” the Maharashtra CEO’s office said in a post on X.

Delhi and Mumbai police are investigating and trying to identify persons in contact with Shuja or involved in ‘malicious activities’.
The EC reiterated that EVMs are self-contained, tamper-resistant devices and cannot connect to networks such as WiFi or Bluetooth. The Supreme Court has repeatedly reaffirmed its faith in EVMs.