Kanpur, Sept. 20 -- The District Election Officer (DEO), Kanpur Nagar, on Sunday dismissed a social media claim that 12 engineers had arrived in Kanpur Nagar with 5,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

In a post shared on X, the DEO said the claim was "factually incorrect and misleading."

"Regarding this claim being made on social media that *12 engineers have arrived in Kanpur Nagar with 5,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before the Uttar Pradesh elections*, it is clarified that this claim is *factually incorrect and misleading*," the post read.

The DEO clarified that the First Level Checking (FLC) of EVMs in Kanpur Nagar commenced on September 17 in the presence of representatives of recogn...