New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Actor Prakash Raj in a video on Instagram claimed that his name was deleted from the Bengaluru electoral roll amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Karnataka. The development comes as the state continues the process of updating its electoral rolls. Voters whose names have been flagged under the SIR exercise have been asked to verify their details and take the necessary steps to ensure their inclusion in the electoral roll.

As reported by Mint earlier, nearly half of registered voters in Bengaluru could be excluded from the draft electoral roll due to be published on August 17 during the ongoing SIR exercise. Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukumar said 49.42 lakh of Bengaluru's 1.03 c...