India, Jan. 16 -- The Chinchwad police on Thursday registered a case against Nilesh Doke, husband of former Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Aparna Doke, for allegedly clicking a photograph while casting his vote inside a polling booth and sharing it on Facebook.

According to the police, Doke posted a photograph showing him voting for his wife and appealed to voters to support her. The act is a clear violation of election rules, as mobile phones are prohibited within 100 metres of polling stations and photography inside polling booths is strictly banned.

The complaint was lodged by Anuradha Shivajirao Mohite, 31, an election officer and junior engineer with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, who was on election duty. The incident took pl...