Patna: The Election Commission of India (EC) on Saturday ordered immediate action and suspended an Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) in Bihar’s Samastipur district after a pile of VVPAT mock slips was found dumped near a road in the Sarairanjan Assembly constituency.

The discovery, made close to KSR College, triggered political outrage and prompted the EC to seek a detailed report from the Samastipur district administration. Officials confirmed that the recovered slips were “mock test” samples generated during routine pre-poll checks of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), and not from actual voting. ADVERTISEMENT

District Magistrate Roshan Kushwaha said he rushed to the spot with a team and secured the slips in the presence of candidates and polling officials. “An FIR is being registere

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