S. Srinivasan, an office assistant, Raja Prakash, an assistant, and Surya Prakash, a data entry operator with Madurai Corporation, had accompanied K. Sampoornam, Special Tahsildar at the Assistant Commissioner (Excise) office in Madurai, to the counting centre. A showcause notice has been issued to M. Guruchandran, Assistant Commissioner (Excise), the designated Assistant Returning Officer for the Madurai West Assembly segment that comes under the Madurai parliamentary constituency. Bharathi, CPI (M) State Secretary K. Balakrishnan, CPI leader R. Mutharasan and VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan to the CEO, it was alleged that one of the locks of a room in the vicinity was not sealed in Madurai Medical College, where the EVMs and VVPAT units were kept. The party leaders levelled allegations against Madurai Collector for not being aware of the incident till it was flagged by CPI (M) candidate Su.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2019 18:45 UTC