KASARGOD: Kasaragod District Collector K Inbasekar on Sunday ordered an FIR to be registered against BJP district secretary Lokesh Nonda for allegedly filing a false complaint to delete the name of K Mohammed, 55, from Paivalike panchayat from the electoral roll of Manjeshwar assembly constituency.
An FIR will be registered against the person concerned, and legal proceedings will be initiated as the investigation revealed that the complaint was deliberately submitted using false information. If convicted, the offender may face up to one year of imprisonment, a fine, or both, said a statement from the collector.
Nonda has allegedly also targeted his neighbours. He had filed Form 7 to delete the names of Mohammed and six other Muslim women – Nabeesa, Asma, Safiya, Zubaida, Mohseena and Khadeejath – of Paivalike locality from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) roll.
While he claimed that Mohammed was not an Indian citizen, he also claimed that the six women had permanently shifted out of Booth No 128 in Paivalike.
The incident triggered an outburst on Friday during the hearing held for Manjeshwar constituency. Manjeshwar MLA A K M Ashraf alleged that BJP office bearers in Manjeshwar were trying to remove voters from the voters’ list during the SIR. Ashraf said that the BJP is resorting to misuse Form 7 to purge existing voters.