Bhubaneswar, May 27 -- Police on Sunday arrested Prashant Jagdev, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Chilika in Odisha, who is contesting the assembly elections from Khordha constituency, a day after he was accused of toppling an electronic voting machine (EVM) during the third phase of polling.
CCTV evidence showed that Jagdev kicked a table on which the EVM was kept, according to Nikunja Bihari Dhal, chief electoral officer of Odisha.
Jagdev has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint, use of abusive, humiliating or defamatory words. assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, voluntarily causing hurt an...