Indian election commission ideally should open source the hardware design and the software, and let there be debate on how to make the system foolproof.
but going back to paper vote should not be a option, we have enough backward thinking regional parties who are opposed to gender equality, education and technology
This is also going to draw a lot of international scrutiny.
Unfortunately, the way things work in India, there's way too much bureaucracy with these sort of things and a bunch of old people running the show who are very much resistant to change (not to mention the potential $$$). Unless the matter is really played up by the media (which in itself is another animal to be wary of), this would have gone through without a question. With the public outcry and the coverage of this arrest, there might be Public Litigations coming in which can atleast halt the process and get due diligence.
Does India have whistleblower protection written in to law?
(that would not help Hari directly but it could help him in his defense to not reveal his source)
It's unfortunate but the situation is slowly improving as time goes by and connectivity and access of information improves.
The place to lodge all such complaints is http://cvc.nic.in/lodgecomp.htm
I would'nt be surprised if this law was invoked during the legal defense.
India is litigation prone, and courts take decades to deliver justice.
Everyone who has lost a election in the last 20 years is going to claim election was rigged.
the few bad things we have inherited in, Parliament and legislative assemblies can be not allowed to function by a small group of irritant elected representatives.
hope sanity prevails with civil servants and he get released soon, and we have a open debate at various levels