{
  "id": 3978868,
  "title": "Navi Mumbai SIR Row: Thousands Of Forms Found At Xerox Shop, BJP-UBT Clash Erupts Over Voter List Revision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/navi-mumbai-sir-row-thousands-of-forms-found-at-xerox-shop-bjp-ubt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T14:01:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/navi-mumbai-sir-row-thousands-of-forms-found-at-xerox-shop-bjp-ubt-clash-erupts-over-voter-list-revision"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Navi Mumbai's Kharghar area witnessed a clash between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP activists on Friday, following the discovery of thousands of printed SIR forms at a photocopy shop. The Sena (UBT) workers confronted a man allegedly getting the forms photocopied, who they identified as a BJP Youth Wing office-bearer. The man was arrested and the forms seized. Sena (UBT) leader Balesh Bhojne demanded a thorough investigation into how the forms ended up in private hands and why they were being mass-produced. NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar raised concerns over the transparency of the voter list revision process, alleging the SIR exercise was being used by the BJP for future election gains. Pawar called for suspending not just the Booth Level Officers involved, but also the authorities who directed them, and taking action against the BJP activists too.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Thousands of printed SIR forms were allegedly found at a photocopy shop in Navi Mumbai's Kharghar area on Friday, triggering a clash between Shiv Sena (UBT) and BJP activists, a police investigation and allegations concerning the sanctity of the voter list revision exercise. The incident occurred after Sena (UBT) workers confronted a man, who they claimed was an office-bearer of the BJP's…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "SIR shocker: 3,400 voter forms found at private xerox shop, 5 BLOs suspended",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sir-shocker-3-400-voter-forms-found-at-private-xerox-shop-5-blos",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:35:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Five BLOs Suspended After BJP Worker Allegedly Found Photocopying 3,404 Original SIR Voter Forms In Kharghar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/five-blos-suspended-after-bjp-worker-allegedly-found-photocopying-3",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:55:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}