Kozhikode, April 22 -- A case has been registered against the Congress's Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency candidate M K Raghavan in connection with a bribe allegation against him that surfaced in a sting operation, visuals of which were telecast by a television channel recently, police said on Monday.

Raghavan, who has denied the allegation claiming that the video was doctored, had been charged under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), they added.

The two-time MP is aiming for a hat-trick from the Kozhikode constituency in the polls on Tuesday.

A Hindi news channel had, on April 3, aired visuals purportedly showing Raghavan negotiating a bribe for land acquisition in the city for s...