Karnataka: FIR against ex-BJP MLA for using fake death certificates to delete Muslim voters
First reported 8 Oct, 09:13 UTCUpdated 2d ago4 sources
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The Vijayapura police in Karnataka have registered separate FIRs against expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and BJP corporator Girish Patil over allegations that they submitted forged documents and false information to get the names of living Muslim voters deleted from electoral rolls during the ongoing Special…
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The Vijayapura police in Karnataka have registered separate FIRs against expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and BJP corporator Girish Patil over allegations that they submitted forged documents and false information to get the names of living Muslim voters deleted from electoral rolls during the ongoing Special…
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- Living voters branded dead in India's Karnataka electoral purge (opens The Express Tribune in a new tab)
Expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal sought deletion of 1,054 voters in Vijayapura on Aug 31
- Yatnal booked over fake death certificate to seek vote deletion (opens The Siasat Daily in a new tab)
Vijayapura: An FIR has been registered against Vijayapura City MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal following a complaint alleging that a fake death certificate was submitted to seek deletion of the name of a living person from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Abdul Razak Bagawan, 50, a…
- Karnataka: Former BJP MLA Yatnal booked for allegedly seeking voter deletions using forged documents (opens Deccan Herald in a new tab)
Yatnal, corporator booked for seeking voter deletions with forged docs
- Karnataka: FIR against ex-BJP MLA for using fake death certificates to delete Muslim voters (opens The News Minute in a new tab)
The Vijayapura police in Karnataka have registered separate FIRs against expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and BJP corporator Girish Patil over allegations that they submitted forged documents and false information to get the names of living Muslim voters deleted from electoral rolls during the ongoing Special…



