Postman booked for misplacing over 200 EPIC voter cards in Maharashtra’s Thane

An offence has been registered against a postman for allegedly misplacing over 200 EPIC cards of voters in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said.

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New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police on Saturday (April 30, 2022) registered an offence against a postman for allegedly misplacing over 200 EPIC cards of voters in Thane district. 

Inspector R B Pawar (crime) of Kongaon police station under the Bhiwandi division said that a case has been registered against Akash Bhoir (27), a contracted postman, under section 427 of the IPC and Indian Public Document Act.

No arrest has been made in this connection so far, Pawa said.

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The officials informed that as per a complaint lodged by a postmaster, the accused was given the EPIC cards for delivery and while taking them on a motorcycle in February, he misplaced 211 cards between Pimpalghar and Rajnoli.

The EPIC cards have not been traced as yet and further probe is underway, he added.