Meerut: Nearly 5 out of 30 boxes which were kept to collect money from voters in the Shatabdi Nagar ground were found broken. These boxes were installed in the rally of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate under the party's 'Ek Note, Kamal par Vote' campaign. This came as a shocker for the party workers.

There was an amount of nearly Rs 4000 collected in each box which was broken by some thieves in Meerut.

One of the BJP leaders stated that they did not come know when it happened. There were total 30 blocks in the ground and one box was kept in each of them. The BJP leader said that according to count, they had collected Rs 4000- Rs 5000 in each box. It is suspected that the thieves decamped with approximately Rs 20000. The boxes were installed under 'Ek Note, Kamal par Vote' campaign by Bhartiya Janta Party.

The 5 tin boxes were damaged using a blunt object. They were installed after the rally of Narendra Modi. BJP's media-in-charge Gajendra Sharma said that the street urchins probably came to collect wasted papers and garbage from the ground but got their hands on the boxes. He said that they got to know about the incident after they visited the venue in the evening.