A Haryana polling agent was arrested on Sunday afternoon for trying to influence voters during the sixth phase of the general election, the Faridabad district election office said.

A video filmed inside a polling booth in Asawati (Prithla) showed the man repeatedly walking over to the screen installed to give voters privacy, and reaching towards the EVM behind it.

Thousands shared the video. "This is really shocking. But who will take note of this?" asked author Rahul Pandita.

Soon enough, the office of Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer did: it shot off a tweet to Faridabad's district election office and got a quick reply.

@OfficeFaridabad take necessary action in this matter

Ceoharyana (@ceoharyana) May 12, 2019

The district office reported the polling agent's arrest and said he had tried to influence at least three woman voters.

The person in the video is the Polling agent who has been arrested in the afternoon itself. FIR lodged. He was trying to effect at least 3 lady voters. Observer & ARO with teams visited the booth at Asawati in prithala constituency. He is satisfied that voting was never vitiated

DISTRICT ELECTION OFFICE FARIDABAD (@OfficeFaridabad) May 12, 2019

"The system acted well in time and the wrongdoer is behind bars," the district office said.

All ten parliamentary constituencies in Haryana voted on May 12, the penultimate polling day in the staggered general election schedule.

Voting will be held in the seventh and final phase on May 19 before votes are counted on May 23.

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