Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- A team from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) visited the Election Commission headquarters (known as Nirbachan Bhavan) in the Agargaon area of the capital and requested documents related to allegations of irregularities in the procurement of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
The ACC team conducted the inspection on Sunday, as confirmed by ACC Assistant Director Mohammad Nur Alam Siddiqui.
He stated, "A three-member ACC team launched an inspection at the Election Commission following allegations that the commission had purchased substandard EVMs."
In 2018, the EC procured 150,000 EVMs, of which 1,500 were found to be non-functional.
During the inspection, three machines stored at the EC office were examined. One was...