Rohtas District Magistrate Udita Singh on Thursday refuted the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) claim of administration “sneaking” Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) inside a counting centre without any prior notice, saying that the truck instead carried empty steel boxes.

On late Wednesday night, RJD workers and supporters gathered outside the Vajra Griha counting centre, situated in the Takiya Market Committee premises of Sasaram assembly constituency, to protest and demand clarification from Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod Singh Gunjiyal and the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Addressing a press conference, DM Udita Singh said that the truck was checked in the presence of several candidates and their supporters. She added that all the boxes in the truck were found to be empty

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