New Delhi, April 12 -- Amidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in EVM machines, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday stated that Electronic Vending Machines (EVMs) in the country were absolutely safe and were not being tampered with.

The CEC stated that wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different, and in some countries, electronic voting systems were used.

"In India, EVMs made by PSUs were used, and on these machines, legal scrutiny had been done, and the EVMs of India cannot be connected to Bluetooth infrared, and so it is not possible to tamper with them," Kumar stated.

The CEC said India's EVMS are tam...