India, Nov. 14 -- The CID in West Bengal's Nadia district has arrested a man in connection with the vote theft allegations in the Aland segment during the 2023 Karnataka assembly polls.

The accused, identified as Bapi Adya from Nadia, had applied for the deletion of a large number of votes in the Aland constituency and has now been taken into CID custody for interrogation, PTI reported.

Aland Congress MLA B R Patil alleged that most of these deletion requests targeted minority and backward caste voters.

CID sources said Bapi Adya was taken into custody after investigators found a money trail linked to his bank account.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference on September 18, highlighted the 'Vote Chori' (vote theft) allegation...