Archive · 13 Dec 2025
Karnataka SIT files chargesheet in Aland 'vote chori' case
A special team of police in Karnataka has filed a big report about a case where some people tried to illegally remove the names of 5,994 voters from a list in a place called Aland.
They named seven people in the report, including a former politician and his son.
These people are accused of using a trick to get special codes to access the election commission's website and delete the names.
The police found out that the people who did this were paid money for each name they deleted.
The case was discovered when some workers checked the deletion requests and found that most of the people whose names were being deleted still lived in Aland.
The police also found that many phone numbers from different states were used to get the special codes, but the people who owned these phones didn't know their numbers were being used.
The former politician's son says they are being framed, while the Congress party is organizing protests to raise awareness about the issue.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police has filed a chargesheet naming seven persons, including a former BJP MLA, in the Aland 'vote chori' case.
The case involves the illegal deletion of 5,994 voter names in the Aland Assembly constituency.
Those named in the chargesheet include Subhash Guttedar, his son, his personal secretary, three data centre operators, and a youth from West Bengal.
The chargesheet was filed under sections dealing with cheating, impersonation, criminal conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust.
The illegal applications were exposed in February 2023 after Congress workers insisted on verification of the deletion requests.
- Who
- Seven persons, including a former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar, his son Harshanand Guttedar, his personal secretary Tipperudra, three data centre operators, and a youth from West Bengal, Bapi Adya
- What
- Filing of a chargesheet in the Aland 'vote chori' case
- When
- Friday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Karnataka, India
- Why
- To address the illegal deletion of 5,994 voter names in the Aland Assembly constituency
Congress
BJP
Vote Chori Allegations
Congress
Congress leaders are organizing protests and campaigns against the alleged vote chori, claiming it is a serious issue that needs awareness.
BJP
Harshanand Guttedar, son of the former BJP MLA, has rubbished the charges, claiming they have been framed in a false case.
- Number of people named in chargesheet
- 7
- Number of voter names sought to be deleted
- 5,994
- Sections under which chargesheet filed
- Cheating, impersonation, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust
- Number of pages in chargesheet
- 22,000
- Number of pages of EC data
- 15,000
- Payment per deletion
- ₹80
- Payment per OTP bypass
- ₹10
- Number of phone numbers used for OTPs
- 72
Sources
Aland ‘vote chori’ case: SIT files chargesheet, names ex-Karnataka BJP MLA among others
SIT files charge sheet in ‘vote theft’ case, names ex-BJP MLA, son, 5 others
SIT Files Charge Sheet in Vote Theft Case, Names Ex-BJP MLA, Son, 5 Others
Aland ‘vote theft’ case: Karnataka police chargesheet names BJP ex-MLA, son, five others
'Vote chori': Charges filed against former BJP MLA, son
