Burnt voter records found near former BJP MLA's residence, 'vote theft' probe intensified - Burnt voter records found near former BJP MLA's residence vote theft probe intensified

Burnt voter records found near former BJP MLA’s house, probe into ‘vote theft’ intensified Update: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 04:19 PM (IST) In Karnataka, the probe into ‘vote theft’ has intensified after burnt voter records were found near the house of former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar. Guttedar said that he would burn them during cleaning, while the SIT raided his premises. Rahul Gandhi also alleged ‘vote theft’ following which SIT was formed. Congress claims that the detection of fraud led to the victory of their candidate. SIT formed after allegations of ‘vote theft’ made (symbolic photo) Digital Desk, New Delhi. Heaps of burnt voter records were found near the residence of former BJP MP Subhash Guttedar in Karnataka on Saturday. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has intensified the investigation into alleged ‘vote theft’ in the Aland assembly constituency during the 2023 elections. Remove Advertisement Read Only News Guttedar said there was nothing suspicious in the burnt voter records. “As part of the cleanliness drive before the festival, our staff threw it out and burnt it,” he said. If we had malicious intentions, we would have burned it away from our home. There was no hidden intention behind this. SIT set up: Sources said SIT on Friday raided several places linked to Guttedar, his sons and a chartered accountant. The SIT was formed after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged large-scale ‘vote theft’. Rahul cited Aland constituency during the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections in support of his claim. Congress claims that due to timely detection of fraud, their candidate BR Patil won and BJP candidate Subhash Guttedar lost the election. (With inputs from news agency PTI)