Voters’ data theft: One more accused arrested

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Halasuru Gate police probing the voters’ data theft case has arrested another accused for his alleged links to the scandal. The accused was identified as Anil, another employee of the Chilume Trust and is said to be operating as an in-charge of the Mahadevapura constituency based on the contractor.

According to sources, the accused was responsible for the issuance of the BLO card to the field officers who had collected data for the Chilume NGO. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru Central, Srinivas Gowda, said that the accused was allegedly working along with Ravi Kumar in the organisation.

Further investigation is underway, he added. So far 12 people have been arrested by the city police in connection with the scandal. On Sunday, the four arrested BBMP officials were remanded to police custody for three days