The probe into the fraudulent deletion of 6,018 names from the voter list for the Aland Assembly constituency in Karnataka ahead of the 2023 state polls – which has been raised as one of the instances of “vote chori” by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi – is allegedly leading to associates of the losing BJP candidate from the seat.

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police CID Friday raided properties allegedly linked to Subhash Guttedar, who lost from Aland in 2023, at Kalaburagi and Aland.

Sources said that while searches were on at Kalaburagi, officials received information about an alleged attempt to destroy documents related to the case in neighbouring Aland, causing the SIT team to rush there.

“There was a lot of drama during the raids… But the searches provided crucia

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