Saharanpur: Vipul Saini, who has a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) degree, was arrested from Nakur town’s Maccharhedi village in Saharanpur district for hacking into the protected site of Election Commission of India (ECI) website and Police found that Saini worked at the behest of a person named Armaan Malik from Madhya Pradesh, and created over 10,000 fake voter IDs over three months. The poll panel has said its database is “absolutely safe and secure”. Saharanpur Senior Superintendent of police found Rs 60 lakh deposited and are investigating the source of the money in the account of the accused and trying to find more details about Malik, who, Saini said, used to send him details of the day.
However, the ECI has said that its database is “absolutely safe and secure,” following the incident. “A data entry operator of one of the AERO (assistant electoral roll officers) offices had illegally shared his user ID and password with a private unauthorised service provider in Saharanpur’s Nakud town to print some voter ID cards. Both these persons have been arrested.”
The police have seized two computers from Saini’s home and are also trying to find the source of the money and more details about Malik. Saini had told the police that Malik used to send him the details about each day’s work. Further, the police also said that the authorities in Delhi would now seek the court’s permission to take Saini to the national capital for further investigation about the matter. He would be questioned about possible links with anti-national or terrorist forces, PTI further reported, citing the police.
