New Delhi, April 20 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) responded on Sunday to a viral video on social media. The video, also shared by Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, shows a former Police official in Maharashtra claiming that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were being tampered with.

The ECI said the claim was made by a suspended police officer named Ranjeet Kasale and that it had no factual basis.

In a post on microblogging platform X, the ECI wrote, "Allegation comes from a disgruntled police officer (under suspension). Though strict legal admin. protocol in which EVMs are placed there is no possibility of removal of EVMs, report has been called from DM & SSP thro CEO considering its seriousness. Action(s) will follow t...