Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC booked for entering vote counting centre with armed guard
This came after the brother-in-law of Ravindra Waikar, the Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai North West, was booked for carrying a phone into the same counting centre.
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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLC Vilas Potnis and an armed guard have been booked for entering a vote counting centre in Mumbai’s Goregaon on the day of the Lok Sabha poll results without authorisation, PTI reported citing an unnamed official.
The incident took place while the counting of votes was underway for the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat, the official said.
Ravindra Waikar of the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction won the Mumbai North West seat. He defeated Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on June 4 by 48 votes, the closest contest in the election.
A first information report was registered against Potnis based on a complaint by Waikar, reported the Hindustan Times.
Potnis and his security guard have been booked for disobeying orders promulgated by a public servant, under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
They have also been booked for breaching the secrecy of voting under section 128 (2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and violating the maintenance of voting secrecy under section 54 of the Conduct of Elections Act, 1961.
“I entered the counting centre unknowingly,” Potnis told PTI. “There was high security at the centre but no one stopped me. If anybody had brought it to my notice that I am...
