Netizens question Malleswaram MLA for sending Voter ID on WhatsApp
Bengaluru: Few Voters in Malleswaram receive excerpts of their voter identity card (ID) on Whatsapp, sent from the MLA’s office, reports Deccan Herald.
Malleswaram MLA, who is also a cabinet minister was questioned about his access to the voters’ mobile numbers calling it illegal by few voters.
These developments come Just after a massive scam that took place in Bengaluru in which NGO Chilume collected voters' personal information and sold it to political parties.
Mobile numbers of voters not shared by the Election Commission with the candidates contesting elections nor the numbers are linked to the voter ID. The candidates only have access to the electoral rolls in the image format.
Messages directed to the voters on Whatsapp by the MLA included name, voter card number, relatives’ names, and booth address.
According to the Reports, one of the voters has already registered a complaint with the returning officer, stating that the MLA illegally accessed his mobile number. Some took to twitter questioning MLA’s action.
“I received an SMS with my voter details signed in your name. Can you please tell me how you have illegally obtained details connecting my voter ID with my phone number? Can you please tell me how much money you have spent on this exercise?,” Venu Madhav tweeted.
Vinay Kumar, a member of the Citizens for Sankey collective questioned MLA’s access to the mobile numbers which amounted to a violation of privacy. He also stated most of the voters who received messages did not sign up for them.
The MLA’s office defended saying that the messages were only to those who shared their contact numbers in the past on their own.
Hello .@drashwathcn I received an sms with my voter details signed in your name. Can you please tell me how you have illegally obtained details connecting my voter id with my phone number? Can you please tell me how much money you have spent on this exercise?
— Venu Madhav Govindu (@venugovindu) April 27, 2023
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Delhi court sentences CBI joint director to 3 months' imprisonment in IRS officer assault case
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago.
Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000.
Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused.
Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.
The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar.
Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.
#WATCH | Delhi | Former IRS officer assault case. | Tis Hazari Court sentenced CBI joint director Ramneesh and Retired ACP Vivek Pandey to 3 months sentence in an assault case filed by former IRS officer Ashok Agarwal. The court has granted them bail to challenge the judgment.… https://t.co/RwAxjMrWDK pic.twitter.com/2FlkG4rDs0
— ANI (@ANI) April 28, 2026
