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SIT Probe Into Vote Theft Found Rs 80 Paid to Delete Each Voter in Karnataka’s Aland: Congress

A total of 6,018 fraudulent voter deletion applications were submitted for Rs 80 each to manipulate Aland's voter rolls ahead of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls.

  • Between December 2022 and February 2023, the Karnataka Police Special Investigation Team found Rs 80 paid per fraudulent deletion for 6,018 applications, totaling Rs 4.8 lakh.
  • Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader, flagged mass voter deletions, prompting the Karnataka Police Special Investigation Team to take over the probe from the CID cyber crime unit on September 26.
  • Investigators found 75 mobile numbers filed deletion requests under fake credentials, with only 24 verified deletions; officials linked the operation to a data centre run by Md Akram and Mohammed Ashfaq in Kalaburagi district headquarters.
  • On October 17, authorities searched properties linked to former four-time MLA Subhash Guttedar, his sons Harshananda and Santhosh, and chartered accountant Mallikarjun Mahantagol, seizing laptops and phones while tracing the source of funds.
  • Investigators continue to probe the scheme as the Karnataka Police Special Investigation Team investigates wider links, while the Congress party calls Aland one example of 'vote theft'.
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Indian Express broke the news in India on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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