LONDON: In a shocking revelation, a US-based cyber expert on Monday alleged that BJP leader Gopinath Munde was murdered in 2014 because he knew about electronic voting machines (EVM) hacking. The expert, who has designed the EVMs used in India, also claimed that the elections in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat were rigged.

The expert is currently demonstrating how EVMs can be hacked. The event, which is taking place in London, is being organised by the Indian Journalists' Association (Europe) and attended by senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal. Notably, the Election Commission of India has always maintained that the EVMs used in India cannot be tampered with.

In 2017, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj had presented a "live demonstration" in the Delhi Assembly on how EVMs can be programmed "to favour" any political party. The Election Commission had rejected the AAP's claim, saying the machine hacked in the Assembly was a "look-alike" gadget and not a piece of actual equipment used by it.

EVM hackathon in London: Here are the sensational claims made by the expert.

It is not possible to hack a machine using Bluetooth. A graphite-based transmitter is required to get into an EVM. The transmitters were used in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, said the expert.

The expert has claimed that someone was pinging the EVMs to manipulate data. He added that successive chief election commissioners have told him that EVMs cannot communicate wirelessly. However, "our tech allows you to do it using a modulator at low frequency at 7hz". This is a military grade frequency.

He claimed that he met a BJP leader in 2014 who knew about this. He further alleged that his team members were killed in an attack after they approached the BJP leader.
The expert also claimed that they stopped the transmission in Delhi and the elections were won by the Aam Aadmi Party. In Delhi Assembly Elections, the transmission initiated by the BJP IT was intercepted. "We changed the frequency to favour AAP. The actual results were similar to 2009."