“I received call for Rs 2 cr to hack EVM”
Defeated Tarikere JDS candidate Shivashankarappa makes serious allegation
Tarikere, May 18: As degraded the democracy through its deceptive politics across the state, the BJP has misused the EVMs even in Tarikere constituency and won the election, defeated candidate TH Shivashankarappa made a serious allegation.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Shivashankarappa said that he had received a call from Venkatesh, one of the accused arrested on charges of hacking EVMs in Mysuru, and demanded Rs 2 crore to hack the EVMs to win the election. “But I have declined the offer very nicely. Now, I suspected that the BJP might have got the benefit of this. During the voting process, the EVMs were hacked using memory cards within 100 mts radius from the polling booths. Because of this, all votes polled to JDS and Congress in Udeva, Tanigebail, Shantaveri, Kodicamp, Tarikere, Kenchapura, Choudeshwari Colony, Attiganalu and other places were gone to BJP. The BJP cannot make use of such technique to be in power”, he alleged.
In this election, the BJP were able to get just 18,000 to 20,000 votes. It was expected that JDS would get 35000 votes, Congress 30,000 and independent candidate Gopi would get 25,000 votes. But the BJP has snatched JDS and Congress votes to win the constituency. The BJP has the capacity of winning just 70-80 seats in the state. But because of the misuse of EVMs, it has got 104 seats, he said.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
