Bengaluru, Oct. 1 -- Several Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) in Karnataka's Belagavi North Assembly constituency have claimed they were pressured into signing bulk Form 7 applications, The Hindu reported.

According to the report, BLOs were receiving "already printed" Form 7s seeking deletion of Muslim names in large numbers. This incident was flagged in at least six polling stations in the constituency - two at the Government Kannada Higher Primary School in Shettigali and four in Veerabhadra Nagar.

Pose as officials, men seek Muslim name deletion

BLOs stationed at these polling booths told The Hindu that they were approached posing as Belagavi City Corporation with bulk Form 7 applications seeking removal of Muslim names only. While the v...