FIR against MLA for creating false death certificates of voters in Vijayapura
Police in Vijayapura have filed an FIR against MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly obtaining false death certificates to remove voters from the electoral rolls. The complaint, filed by a local resident, suggests a broader conspiracy involving multiple individuals.
Why it matters
Allegations of electoral fraud involving the manipulation of voter lists strike at the core of democratic integrity and election fairness.
Vijayapura police have registered an FIR against Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, MLA, on the charge of creating false death certificates of voters in a bid to exclude them from the voting list in Vijayapura Assembly constituency in Karnataka. Mr. Yatnal was expelled by the BJP in March 2025.
Officers of the Jala Nagar police station registered an FIR based on a complaint by Abdul Razak Bagwan, a vegetable vendor.
Mr. Bagwan has alleged that Mr. Yatnal, MLA and the Booth level agent of Vijayapura Assembly constituency, had falsely claimed that he had died, and that his name needs to be struck off the electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Mr. Yatnal had managed to obtain a false death certificate through unfair means, the complainant alleged.
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