Imphal: Manipur police have been arrested a man who allegedly stole a ballot paper while attending the opening of the strong room for commissioning EVMs and VVPATs at Imphal West DC office on Thursday.

The arrested person has been identified as H Naresh of Keishamthong Elangbam Leikai, representative of Maheshwar Thounaojam, a contesting candidate of the Republican Party of India (Athawale) from 12 Keishamthong AC in the upcoming Manipur state polls.

A statement issued by Th Kirankumar, district election officer and DC, stated that the incident took place at Kuranganayani Hall, DC office complex, Lamphelpat when Naresh covertly pocketed one ballot paper bearing serial no. 0001 that was meant to be used for ballot unit (BU) of 12-Keishamthong AC at 12:33 pm.

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