24-year-old arrested from Saharanpur for creating fake voter IDs

A 24-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur has been arrested for allegedly creating hundreds of fake voter IDs by hacking into the Election Commission of India’s website, state officials said on Friday.

The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested Vipul Saini from Nakur town’s Maccharhedi village in Saharanpur district, news agency PTI reported. He has a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree that he completed from the Gangoh village in Saharanpur and his father was a farmer, according to the police.

However, the ECI has said that its database is “absolutely safe and secure,” following the incident.