New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a former judge to inquire into the allegations raised by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of large-scale electoral roll manipulation.

Advocate and Congress member Rohit Pandey filed the plea citing the allegations levelled by Gandhi on August 7 regarding electoral-roll manipulation in Bengaluru Central and other constituencies.

He placed reliance on Gandhi's press conference of August 7 in which he alleged manipulation of electoral rolls of the Mahadevapura assembly constituency in Bengaluru.

The plea has also sought directions to the frame and issue binding guidelines to the Election Commission of India...