EVMs taken inside Bihar hotel, notice to poll official

A poll official in Bihar's Muzaffarpur was on Tuesday served a show-cause notice for keeping six EVMs inside a hotel room while voting was on in Bihar in the fifth phase. District authorities have, however, asserted that none of the machines were used or their seals broken. The matter had come to light on Monday when several local leaders of the opposition Mahagathbandhan noticed that poll-related paraphernalia was being taken inside a hotel by sector magistrate Awadhesh Kumar, and raised an alarm.A show cause notice has been issued to Kumar for his action which went against the rules.