The Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has written to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking him to submit documents supporting his allegation that a voter cast her ballot twice in last year’s Lok Sabha elections.

In the letter, the CEO referred to Gandhi’s recent press conference, where he claimed that certain documents in his presentation were “EC data” and alleged that voter Shakun Rani had voted twice based on records “given by the polling officer.” The letter mentioned Rahul Gandhi saying, “This ID has been used to vote twice, the tick marks were made by polling booth officer”.

However, the poll body noted that during an inquiry, Shakun Rani stated she voted only once. A preliminary probe also found that the tick-marked document Gandhi showed was not issued by the polling officer, contrary to his claim.

You are kindly requested to provide the relevant documents on the basis of which you have concluded that Shakun Rani or anyone else has voted twice, so that a detailed enquiry can be conducted,” the letter said.