Case registered against BJP booth-level agent over alleged attempt to delete names of 30 voters in Musheerabad

The Chikkadpally police in Hyderabad have registered a case against a 37-year-old BJP booth-level agent, S. Balachander, for allegedly attempting to delete the names of 30 voters from the electoral roll at a polling station in the Musheerabad Assembly constituency. The case, registered under Sections 217 and 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, was filed based on a complaint submitted by T. Praveen Kumar, Electoral Registration Officer of the 57-Musheerabad Assembly Constituency and Deputy Commissioner of GHMC Circle-41.

According to the complaint, Balachander brought 30 digitally pre-printed Form-7 applications to Polling Station No. 210 at Surya Nagar in Chikkadpally on September 28, seeking the deletion of the names of 30 electors from the electoral roll.

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