Shirdi: An unidentified person allegedly tried to insert the name of Shirdi Saibaba as a voter in the local assembly constituency in Ahmednagar district through the online system of the Election Commission, an official said on Wednesday. The authorities detected the matter during scrutiny of online forms and approached the police. The incident occurred on December 4 last year, said Rahta police station inspector Arun Pardeshi.
“An unidentified person on December 4 accessed the online registration system of the EC and tried to register Saibaba’s name as a voter from Shirdi assembly segment. The person mentioned Saibaba’s age as 24 and his father’s name as Ram. The person mentioned the famous temple in Shirdi as the address of Saibaba,” he said. The matter came to light during scrutiny, following which Sachin Mhaske, the Nayab Tehsildar (Election Branch), Rahta, lodged a complaint with the police yesterday, he said. A case was registered against an unidentified person under various sections of the IT Act and further investigation is underway, he said.