Voter ID Scam: Chief Electoral Officer visit house of Manjula Nanjamuri

Mangalore Today News Network

Bangaluru, May 10, 2018: Following some reports in the Media, the Chief Electoral Officer, Sri Sanjiv Kumar paid a surprise visit to Flat no 115 SLV Parkview Apt, Jalahalli belonging to Ms. ManjulaNanjamuri and allegedly rented to one Sri Rakesh. It was noticed that there were 9,746 EPIC cards kept neatly in small bundles wrapped in paper with some names and phones on the paper. It is alleged that some more cards were there which are allegedly taken away by some of the occupants.

There were five laptops and one printer found in the house. There were two large steel trunks with counterfoils strips resembling acknowledgement slips of form 6 used for new addition of names onto the electoral rolls.

These may be numbering around a lakh. There is need for further verification and enquiry. These have photographs and a printed number in magenta colour which is different than the officially available Form 6 which has no printed number.

On preliminary verification these 9,746 EPIC cards are of actual electors and appears to be prima facie genuine. However the significance of the counterfoils can only be verified after due investigation.

The District Election Officer and BBMP Commissioner Sri MaheshwarRao, Police Commissioner Sri Sunil Kumar T accompanied the CEO. Three observors from the Election Commission of India are visiting the spot and appraising the situation.

In this constituency Raja Rajeshwari Nagar, there are 4,35,439 electors with EP ratio of 75.43. During the last Special Summary Revision 25,825 additions are there, 19,012 additions were done during Continuous Updation. There have been a total deletions of 8817 persons.

FIR is being registered and further investigations will be conducted. The situation is being closely monitored by the ECI and appropriate action will be taken