Villupuram Member of Parliament D. Ravikumar lodged a complaint with the Returning Officer (RO) of the Villupuram Lok Sabha constituency over the interruption of CCTV coverage in strong rooms in the counting centre at Arignar Anna Government Arts College.
Mr. Ravikumar, who submitted a representation to the RO and Collector C. Palani on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in this regard, said that a representative assigned by him to monitor the strong rooms had informed him about the interruption of CCTV coverage where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) of Tindivanam and Villupuram Assembly segments have been stored.
The CCTVs stopped functioning at 7.28 a.m. on May 8, and resumed recording at 8.10 a.m., after repairs. The RO, along with the police and revenue officials visited the spot and inspected the cameras and instructed the person maintaining the CCTVs to take preventive measures.
