HYDERABAD (ENNS) Umerkot police on Tuesday seized a stack of fake ballot papers and arrested five suspects in connection with the fraud in Umerkot, Sindh.
The fake ballot papers were found hidden in a jeep near Pakistan Chowk in the town of Umerkot, and were to be delivered to the PS-52 constituency, police sources said.
According to SHO Umerkot, Imtiaz Thebo, the he five suspects who were arrested by Rangers for their alleged involvement in the case were identified as Anwar Soomro, Hakim, Iqbal, Kanghar, and Nawab. According to locals, vehicle belonged to PPP supporters.
Police are investigating the incident. The relatives of arrested persons told media that those ballot papers were printed for demo as to aware voters and are not original like ballot papers to be used in polling.
On Monday, a presiding officer assigned for election duty at Karachi’s PS-93 constituency was arrested for sending another person as his substitute, ahead of the nationwide polls on July 25.
Earlier on Saturday, six polling officers were arrested in the Sanghar and Sehwan, Jamshoro districts of Sindh after they were caught trying to open postal ballot papers.
