BJP booth agent booked over bid to delete 30 Mulsim voters

HYDERABAD: A BJP booth-level agent and others were booked by the Chikkadpally police on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to delete 30 Muslim voters from the electoral rolls in Musheerabad assembly constituency through pre-printed Form-7 applications. The action follows a verification exercise by election officials, who found all 30 electors residing at the addresses recorded in the voter list.The case was registered based on a complaint filed by T Praveen Kumar, electoral registration officer (ERO) of Musheerabad constituency and deputy commissioner of Circle 41. Police booked BJP booth-level agent S Balachander and others under Sections 217 and 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 31 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.According to the complaint, Balachander brought 30 digitally pre-printed Form-7 applications, signed by him, to polling station No. 210 on Sept 28.