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An adjunct returning serviceman was suspended connected Saturday (November 8, 2025) and a lawsuit registered against him aft a ample fig of VVPAT slips were recovered connected the roadside successful Bihar's Samastipur district, said a statement.
The VVPAT slips were recovered scattered connected the roadside adjacent a assemblage successful the Sarairanjan Assembly conception of the district.
The Election Commission swung into enactment aft a purported video of it went viral connected societal media.
The connection issued by the Chief Electoral Officer's bureau said the District Magistrate has been directed to sojourn the spot and inquire into the matter.
"As these are VVPAT slips of a mock poll, the integrity of the polling process remains uncompromised. The contesting candidates person besides been informed by the DM. However, the ARO is being suspended for negligence and an FIR is being registered against him," it said.
An probe has besides been started, it added.
The archetypal signifier of the Assembly polls successful 121 seats took spot connected November 6.
