Overview
- Whitefield police filed the case on November 19 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Representation of the People Act, naming unknown individuals.
- The complaint alleges large-scale insertion of fake names into Mahadevapura’s rolls ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
- Police say a preliminary inquiry has begun following the FIR registered at the Electronic City Police Station.
- Reports differ on the complainant’s identity, with one outlet naming VT Raju and others identifying Y. Vinoda, a 39-year-old Whitefield resident.
- Questions over the FIR’s maintainability cite provisions viewed as reserving such complaints to election officials, with an Andhra Pradesh probe previously withdrawn after an Election Commission objection; Rahul Gandhi had earlier alleged 1,00,250 fake voters in Mahadevapura.