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Reference of this: http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/researcher-arrested-cant-name-official-who-gave-him-evm-police/663654/0 http://archive.indianexpress.co

• prasadjoglekar 9y ago
  Both articles state that the researchers were arrested for stealing (or taking possession of) a voting machine. Quote from the Wired article: "Halderman says the researchers believe the person who gave them the voting machine had legal access to it and provided it in the interest of transparency and scientific study." That's a little different than being arrested for finding bugs in the software or hardware. Prima-facie, it does seem like stealing government property without proper written authorization. Arrest still seems excessive, but the circumstances seem to be a bit more nuanced.
• pavanky 9y ago
  The guy who got arrested and I are second cousins. He is not a researcher, he is a businessman. He also has close ties with one of the regional political parties in India.