Saharanpur/New Delhi: A farmer’s son, Vipul Saini, who has a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree, was arrested from Maccharhedi village in Saharanpur, this Thursday. The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a 24-year-old man from the Saharanpur district for hacking the Election Commission of India (ECI) website and creating over 10,000 fake voter IDs.
The poll panel said, its database is “absolutely safe and secure”.
During the investigation, the police found out he has been working for a person named Armaan Malik from Madhya Pradesh and created over 10,000 fake IDs over the course of three months.
Saharanpur Senior Superintendent of Police S. Channappa told PTI that Saini was paid Rs 100-200 per ID. Rs 60 lakh was found in his bank account. The account was immediately frozen.
An ECI spokesperson said, that assistant electoral roll officers AERO are mandated to provide citizen-centric services, including printing of voter ID cards and timely distribution, in line with the theme of “No voter to be left behind”.
Police are investigating the source of the money in the account of the accused to find more details about Malik who used to send Saini details of the day”s work.
They have seized two computers from Saini’s home.
Police said authorities in Delhi will now seek the court’s permission to take Saini to the national capital for further investigation.
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