2 Jarkiholi supporters booked for influencing voters: Police

Belagavi: Belagavi territory medication officials tasked with predetermination responsibilities booked a lawsuit against 2 supporters of BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi for influencing voters, constabulary said.

2 Jarkiholi supporters booked for influencing voters: Police

A lawsuit nether IPC conception 171 (e) (bribing) was booked successful Belagavi Rural constabulary against Nagesh Mannolkar of Hindalga and Nagendra Balappa Nayak from Santibastwad successful Belagavi taluk. Both of them look the complaint of organising a wide luncheon and feeding meat-based nutrient to radical who attended an SC/ST voters’ rally.

The BJP aft its SC, ST helping normal served meals to astir 3,000 people. Mannolkar against whom the lawsuit was booked is 1 of the aspirants to contention from the constituency and is being supported by Jarkiholi.

Belagavi Rural constabulary inspector Arun Muragundi said the utensils successful which nutrient was cooked were seized. “The predetermination flying squad raided the spot and filed a lawsuit against the duo,” helium said. A idiosyncratic successful the squad said it was the archetypal lawsuit successful the territory filed to forestall influencing voters up of the election.

In different case, constabulary recovered unaccounted currency of ₹3.5 lakh astatine Yaddalgud cheque station successful Gokak taluk past Wednesday, constabulary said connected Saturday.

According to accusation shared by Gokak tahsildar, 1 Lakshman Hanumant Gadad from Mannikeri colony was carrying the wealth successful his car. As helium could not supply documentation, the unaccounted sum was recovered and deposited successful the treasury astatine Gokak.

As the cases of giving gifts and hosting wide meals were connected the rise, the territory medication formed peculiar squads to forestall specified activities.

Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil who is besides the District Election Officer, successful a gathering with the governmental parties and the summons aspirants, told them that cases would beryllium filed if anybody is recovered bribing voters.

“Though the predetermination codification of behaviour is not successful force, the District Election Authority has close to publication cases against those recovered wooing voters to forestall pre-poll irregularities,” Patil said astatine the meeting.

Both the BJP and Congress were recovered gifting room and eating articles, state stoves, sarees, among others, and hosting wide meals arsenic it was not imaginable erstwhile the predetermination codification of behaviour was implemented.

Deputy Commissioner Patil told the officials to retrieve immoderate nonfiction distributed by governmental parties and publication constabulary cases. “The territory medication volition retrieve the things including nutrient and beverages recovered distributed to power radical for votes. As the predetermination codification of behaviour is not successful unit yet , regular cases with constabulary volition beryllium filed against those progressive successful the organisation of gifts,” Patil said.

He added that the Election Commission guidelines authorities that cases nether IPC sections could beryllium framed against those recovered influencing voters with gifts and hosting meals 3 months earlier the election, which the medication is pursuing successful the district.