BJP BLA faces search warrant over Form 7
A court in Ballari has authorised police to search the office of BJP booth level agent T Srinivas Mothkur over a list of 7,561 voters whose names he sought to have reverified during Karnataka’s electoral roll revision, according to an officer familiar with the investigation.
The Ballari court has granted police permission to search the office of BJP booth level agent T Srinivas Mothkur in connection with a voter reverification case. Srinivas, who is the BJP’s BLA 1 and Opposition leader of the Ballari City Corporation, is accused of submitting Form 7 applications against 7,561 voters whose names he sought to have reverified during Karnataka’s electoral roll revision.
The FIR was filed after Congress BLA 1 Goutham S complained to the police, alleging that Srinivas had submitted the applications without proper evidence. The investigation will focus on records and materials related to the preparation and submission of the Form 7 applications at Srinivas's office. The case began when Srinivas approached election officials with a request to verify the voter entries, which were rejected as not being backed by documents or other evidence.
Srinivas then submitted Form 7 objections against the same voters, but his request was also rejected. The allegations against Srinivas include the deletion of 98.08% of the targeted voters belonging to minority communities, which will be examined during the investigation.
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