Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Former Karnataka BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar on Saturday termed the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) raid on his residence as an attempt to divert public attention from key issues. The SIT is probing the alleged voter fraud in the Aland assembly constituency of Kalaburagi district.

“The allegations of voter fraud against me are completely false. This is being done to distract people from other issues. No voter names were deleted around my house,” Guttedar told reporters in Kalaburagi.

Referring to reports that burnt voter lists were found near his residence, he said, “In view of the Diwali festival, workers had cleaned our house. They know nothing about voter lists or elections. If someone wanted to destroy such lists, they would not have done it near my residence

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