Thiruvananthapuram: Even after waiting in the queue for hours to participate in the electoral exercise, K.M. Abraham, the former chief secretary of Kerala and current principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was denied the opportunity to cast his vote because the number on his Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC) had already been used.
The poll officials when they searched with the EPIC number using Abraham’s number , found that a woman with the same EPIC number had already cast her vote, as the voters' list contained the woman's name.
A peeved Abraham had no other choice but to return without casting his vote but he registered a complaint with the Thiruvananthapuram district collector -- the chief election official in the state capital district.