{
  "id": 16479523,
  "title": "343 Voter ID Cards With Indore Addresses Found On Narmada Bank At Mandleshwar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/343-voter-id-cards-with-indore-addresses-found-on-narmada-bank-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T12:48:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/343-voter-id-cards-with-indore-addresses-found-on-narmada-bank-at-mandleshwar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "343 voter ID cards with Indore addresses were discovered along the Narmada riverbank at Mandleshwar on Sunday, leading to a protest by Congress workers and demands for a thorough investigation. The Niswarth Seva Group from Indore recovered the cards during a Narmada cleanliness drive. A report by the administration listed 343 cards, all bearing Tilak Nagar addresses, including Aastha Palace, Akash Nagar, and Shraddhapuri in Indore. Officials are currently probing the origins of the cards, which arrived at Mandleshwar, located approximately 90 km from Indore. The city Congress leaders, including Ravi Naik, Maheshwar block Congress president Sabel Singh Patel, and city Congress president Santosh Chauhan, along with other workers, presented the cards to the Mandleshwar police station, demanding an FIR against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. They held a sit-in at the police station gate, asserting that the discovery suggested vote fraud and called for an impartial probe into how the documents ended up on the riverbank. The spot panchnama was prepared under tehsildar Kailash Sastya's instructions, and the seized cards were handed over to the revenue team. The police station in-charge, Pankaj Tiwari, stated that Congress representatives had filed an application, and further legal action would hinge on the findings of the investigation. The Congress protest concluded once the application was submitted.",
  "summary": "Mandleshwar (Madhya Pradesh): As many as 343 voter ID cards bearing Indore addresses were recovered from the Narmada riverbank at Mandleshwar on Sunday, prompting Congress workers to stage a protest and demand an investigation into the incident. Members of the Niswarth Seva Group, Indore, reportedly found the cards floating in the river and lying along the bank during a Narmada cleanliness drive.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}