Kalaburagi (PTI): Heaps of burnt voter records were found near former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar’s residence in the district on Saturday as the SIT intensified its probe into alleged 'vote theft' in the Aland assembly segment during the 2023 assembly elections.

Guttedar said there was nothing suspicious about the burnt voter records, blaming his housekeeping staff.

“As part of the cleanliness drive ahead of the festival, our staff threw it outside and burnt it. If we had some malicious intention, then we would have preferred burning it away from our house. Why would anyone do it in front of the house? There were no ulterior motives behind it,” he told reporters here today.

The SIT had on Friday raided several locations linked to Guttedar, his sons, and a chartered accountant, sources said

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