Mumbai, May 22 -- Upping the ante on the "safety" and "security" of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) kept at various strong-rooms of six Lok Sabha seats in the metropolis, Mumbai Congress chief Murli Deora on Tuesday apprehended that there was a "possibility of tampering" with EVMs ahead of the counting scheduled for May 23.

"I have received shocking feedback about the feedback about the tampering with EVM machines. Our Congress workers who are constantly looking after these (counting) centres from outside have informed us of some suspicious movements of few persons and few vehicles around these centres," Deora said in a letter written to Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer.

Deora, who himself is the Congress candidate from Mumbai sout...