‘EVM can’t be unlocked with OTP’: Mumbai poll official amid hacking row

Amid controversy over EVM security, a poll official clarified that Electronic Voting Machines lack wireless communication and do not require OTPs for operation. Mumbai’s North West constituency faced scrutiny after a candidate’s aide allegedly misused a mobile phone at a counting center. FIRs were filed, and forensic investigations were initiated. The incident occurred during a closely contested election won by Shiv Sena’s Ravindra Waikar.