Karnataka CEO issues notice to Rahul Gandhi over voter fraud claims

The August 10 notice directly addresses Gandhi’s claim that a 70-year-old voter, Shakun Rani, had voted twice in the polls based on Election Commission of India (ECI) data.

A preliminary inquiry by the CEO’s office found that Rani had cast her vote only once, said the notice which added: “You are kindly requested to provide the relevant documents on the basis of which you have concluded that Shakun Rani or anyone else has voted twice, so that a detailed inquiry can be undertaken by this office.”

Issued by V Anbukumar, the CEO of Karnataka, it said the “preliminary enquiry conducted by this office also reveals that the tick marked document shown by you in the presentation is not a document issued by the polling officer.”