Votegate: 2 more arrested

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Halasuru Gate police arrested two more persons in connection with the voter data theft scandal and produced them before the court on Thursday. The accused were identified as Maruthi Gowda and Abhishek, from Malleswaram here. Sources from the police said that the arrests were made based on information collected from the prime accused in the case, Ravikumar, during the interrogation.

With this, the total number of persons arrested by the Central Division police over the voter data tampering case has gone up to 14 so far. Based on a complaint by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the police also arrested Chilume staff members Dharmesh and Renuke Prasad and later arrested four BBMP Revenue Officers.

BBMP Comm hospitalised a day after police served him notice BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Cunningham Road after he complained of stomach pain and fever on Saturday. Recently, the Halasuru Gate police served notice to Tushar Girinath to appear at the earliest for an inquiry in connection with the Voters Data theft scam.

According to sources, the doctors, who visited the official’s house in the morning, gave him an injection. However, when the fever did not subside, he was taken to the hospital. Later in the day, BJP Minister V Somanna visited Tushar Girinath at the hospital and wished him a speedy recovery