TWO COMPLAINTS have been filed towards a 46-year-old Impartial candidate vying for the Varanasi LS seat, officers mentioned Friday. The accused, Kolisetty Shiva Kumar, hails from Hyderabad and is contesting underneath the banner of the ‘Yuga Thulasi Social gathering’.
Kumar has been accused of fraudulently utilizing copies of the Aadhaar playing cards of complainants to enlist them as proposers in polls.
This comes days after comic Shyam Rangeela’s nomination from the Varanasi LS constituency was rejected “on the bottom that he didn’t take the oath”. Kumar has been charged underneath IPC sections 419 (punishment for dishonest by personation), 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property), and 506 (prison intimidation) at Behlupur police station in Varanasi, mentioned an officer, including the police have additionally invoked the Illustration of the Folks Act. No arrest has been made but.
SHO V Ok Shukla mentioned, “We now have obtained 2 complaints from Manju Devi and her brother-in-law Mahesh Sahni, levelling related costs. Two FIRs had been lodged towards Kumar. Complainants alleged Kumar fraudulently acquired their Aadhaar playing cards and used them as his proposers in election.” Manju Devi and Mahesh are from Sonerpura space of Varanasi.