Pune: The Pune district administration is in the process of registering a case against a person who claimed that the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slip showed that his vote had gone to a candidate other than the one he had chosen. District collector and election officer Naval Kishore Ram said the person had cast his vote in a polling booth in Shivajinagar assembly segment.

"When the person complained with the presiding officer at the polling station, as per the prescribed provisions in Conduct of Election Rules 1961, a test vote was recorded in the presence of polling officials. As part of it, the person was asked to cast his vote and his claim turned out to be false, " Ram said.