Ahmedabad, Jan. 20 -- Several Muslim voters in the Jamalpur Assembly of Gujarat's Ahmedabad were reportedly removed and declared dead in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, sparking allegations of targeted voter exclusion and misuse of electoral procedures.

The deletion requests were mainly from voters who claimed their names were marked for removal even though they were alive, included in the initial draft electoral roll and had submitted the SIR forms.

The residents said that the objections were filed using Form 7, which allows a person to ask the Election Commission (EC) to remove a voter's name from the list if they are believed to have died, shifted residence or been enrolled in duplication...