Karnataka HC stays FIRs against two BJP agents over alleged deletion of minority voters' names

The Karnataka High Court stayed two FIRs registered against BJP booth-level agents G S Vasanthalakshmi and Deepak Singh R. The FIRs related to filing bulk Form 7 applications, allegedly seeking to delete the names of eligible minority voters from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bengaluru’s Malleshwaram Assembly constituency. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde granted interim relief on Saturday, 10 October, on two separate writ petitions. The FIRs were registered by Vyalikaval and Yeshwanthpura police stations in Bengaluru.