Let one agency probe voter data case: BBMP writes to Bommai
2 years, 1 month ago

Let one agency probe voter data case: BBMP writes to Bommai

Hindustan Times  

Employees of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru’s municipal authority, wrote to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday seeking that the probe into allegations of voter data theft be handed over to a single agency as they were being harassed by multiple investigating authorities connected to the case. A senior official of the BBMP Officers and Employees’ Association said they were considering seeking anticipatory bail for its officials as they were expecting more arrests. A Amruth Raj, president of BBMP Officers and Employees’ Association, told HT on Monday, “Officials from multiples police stations are calling BBMP officials for investigation. Amruth Raj also said that while the complaint is against NGO Chilume, the officials of the civic body are being targeted for doing their job on orders of BBMP commissioner Tushar Girinath. Responding to the association’s possible move to seek anticipatory bail for its officials, deputy commissioner of police Srinivas R Gowda, said on Monday, “the BBMP commissioner is the complainant here.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru NGO accused of stealing voters info, BBMP cancels permissions

Hindustan Times  

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