Vijayawada, May 22 (Reporter) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the AP police for the arrest of YSRCP Macherla MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy, who went into a polling station, while poling was in progress on May 13, and damaged an EVM. The entire incident was recorded on a webcam. The election officials gave the video footage to the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was formed to inquire into incidents, which took place on the polling day and the next day. The incident of ruling party MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy damaging the EVM by hitting it to the ground, went viral on social media. The Election Commission of India took the incident of ruling party MLA himself damaging EVM in a Palavaigate polling station in Rentachintala mandal Macherla Assembly constituency in Palanadu district and ordered for his arrest. However the MLA and his brother Venkatrami Reddy were found absconding. Special teams have formed to arrest him. AP Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena told the media that EVMs were damaged in 7 polling stations in Macherla constituency, including the PS No 202, where this incident of damage of EVM by the sitting MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy was recorded in the web camera. Though the ruling party MLA vandalized an EVM, the data in the EVM was safe, the CEO made it clear. He said that cases under Sections 143, 147, 448, 427, 353, 452 and 120B of IPC, RP Act 131 and 135 were registered against MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy. The video footage of all such polling stations were provided to the police by the Election authorities of Palnadu district to assist them in investigation of the case. As reported by the police the name of the MLA has been included as accused during the investigation, Meena added. Mukesh Kumar Meena said that the ECI has taken a very serious view and has directed the CEO to inform the DGP to take strict criminal action against all the persons involved in these incidents so that nobody in future dares to take any such action to interfere into the peaceful conduct of the poll...////...