SIT charges former BJP MLA and his son in Aland vote theft probe
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of vote theft in the Aland assembly constituency during the 2023 assembly elections in Karnataka on Friday submitted a detailed charge sheet naming seven accused, including former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar and his son. SIT charges former BJP MLA and his son in Aland vote theft probe The charge sheet was submitted before the First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court in Bengaluru. The accused named include four-time former Aland MLA Subhash Guttedar, his son Harshanand Guttedar, the MLA’s personal secretary Tipperudra, and three data centre operators based in Kalaburagi—Akram Pasha, Mukaram Pasha and Mohammad Ashfaq and Bapi Adya, who is originally from West Bengal. Officers in the SIT said the investigation revealed a systematic and technology-driven attempt to manipulate the voter list by illegally cancelling voter registrations using OTP-based verification methods. “The deletion of voters was not random. It was executed through a coordinated mechanism involving data operators and digital tools,” said additional director general of police (CID) BK Singh, who heads the SIT. Bapi Adya, who was …



