HT Correspondent
JORHAT, Jan 24: Raijor Dal president and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Saturday lodged an FIR at the Jorhat Police Station against four BJP members and three government employees, including two officials of Boko co-district under Kamrup district, alleging an attempt to carry out “vote chori” (vote theft) by forged means.
After filing the complaint, Gogoi told newspersons that the FIR alleges that four BJP workers, including office bearers had illegally entered the office of the Boko co-district commissioner on Friday night and were meddling with electoral data by accessing computers. He said local people informed his party and the media about the activities inside the office.
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Gogoi submitted three video clippings of the alleged malpractice during the ongoing Special Revision (SR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections. The four alleged trespassers named in the FIR are Prahlad Biswas, South Kamrup BJP and Chamaria Block Zila Parishad member; Mrinmoy Boro, secretary of South Kamrup district BJP; Budheswar Rabha, SC Morcha general secretary, South Kamrup BJP and Mrudul Talukdar, an employee of a gas agency reportedly owned by a BJP leader.
The FIR also includes the chowkidar and officials for their alleged complicity with Gogoi stating, “Without their support, how could non-government persons gain access to computers inside a Co-District office?” The video clips submitted reportedly show BJP workers working on Form 7 and downloading several documents from the computers. Replying to a query, the MLA said he was in touch with Congress and other opposition party leaders regarding alliance talks and hoped that the seat-sharing matter would be finalised by January 31.
