Bengaluru voter data theft: BBMP officials enabled private firm to collect information illegally, probe indicates

Officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) enabled Chilume Trust, the firm accused in the Bengaluru voter data theft case, to “illegally collect voter data on an unauthorised private digital application (Digital Sameeksha)” and store it “in a foreign server, thereby creating wilfully, opportunities for wrongful gain from personal data”, an investigation has found.

The probe carried out by Bengaluru Regional Commissioner Amlan Aditya Biswas, based on the directions of the State Election Commission, has recommended a separate police investigation into the role of BBMP officers in the case. It also highlighted the delay exercised by IAS officer S Rangappa, the then special commissioner (elections)