Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team probing the alleged \"vote chori\" (vote theft) in the Aland Assembly segment during the 2023 elections in Karnataka has discovered that \"attempts\" were made to delete votes and that for every successfully deleted vote, suspects were paid Rs 80.

The SIT has zeroed in on at least six suspects involved in the scam.

There were requests to delete 6,994 votes, but barring a few genuine cases, other requests were bogus, PTI reported, quoting sources in the Criminal Investigation Department.

The Aland case was among those cited by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his 'vote chori' allegations against the BJP.

Aland is in Kalaburagi, the home district of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. Senior Congress MLA B R Patil represents the seat.

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