Shimla, March 10 -- The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress dissident over "electoral offences" related to the recent Rajya Sabha polls in the state in which six party MLAs voted for the BJP candidate.

Superintendent of police Shimla Sanjeev Gandhi said the FIR has been lodged under several sections including 120b (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at Police Station Boileauganj.

The case against Hamirpur's independent MLA Ashish Sharma and Rakesh Sharma (father of Gagret's disqualified MLA Chetanya Sharma) was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Congress MLAs Sanjay Awasthi and Bhuvneshwar Gaur.

Sharma along with two other independent lawmake...