Bengaluru, Aug. 12 -- Election officials have clarified that actor Prakash Raj's name has not been deleted from the electoral roll, but has been marked as "shifted" after verification found that he was no longer residing at his registered address in Bengaluru.

The clarification came after the actor posted a video on social media alleging that his name had been removed from the voter list during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

In a media statement, Jagadish G, Additional District Election Officer and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner, said Prakash Raj's name was listed in Part No. 1 of the Shantinagar Assembly constituency at serial number 970 as on June 16, 2026, the date on which the electoral roll was froz...