Former BJP MLA Subhash Guttedar and his son Harshananda Guttedar have been named as the prime accused in the chargesheet filed by the Karnataka police special investigation team (SIT) that is probing voter fraud in the Aland Assembly constituency ahead of the 2023 Assembly election in the State.

The BJP was in power in Karnataka at the time of the alleged crime, and Mr. Guttedar was seeking re-election from Aland.

Five others have also been accused in the chargesheet, and one person has been arrested, but the Guttedars have secured anticipatory bail.

SIT awaiting ECI data

On September 7, 2025, The Hindu had reported that the probe into the case had hit a roadblock , as the Election Commission of India (ECI) was not sharing key technical data with investigators. Following this, Le

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