India, Jan. 16 -- When 32-year-old Aarif Rizwan Khan, a resident of Narayan Nagar in Mumbra, reached his polling booth on Thursday, he was in for a shock, election staff allegedly told him someone had already voted in his name.

Khan's name was listed in Panel 31 at Booth No 13, Room No 2, at Angels' Paradise School in Mumbra. After he objected, voting at the booth was halted for over 15 minutes as officials checked records of the person who had allegedly cast the vote.

"The staff at the booth wanted me to leave without casting my vote, but I was firm in my demand. How could someone else cast a vote in my name? There was also no CCTV inside the booth to capture the image of the person who voted in my name," Khan said.

After his Aadhaar ...