Election Controversy: Inducement Scandal Rocks Pune Civic Polls

Kiran Chandere, son of a Nationalist Congress Party candidate, was booked with 13 others for allegedly inducing voters in Pune's Baner area. The police seized a voters list and documents. Viral social media videos have brought attention to these model code of conduct violations ahead of the January civic polls.

Elections in Pune have become embroiled in controversy as police booked Kiran Chandere, son of a Nationalist Congress Party candidate, along with 13 others. Allegations of offering inducements to voters in the Baner area have surfaced just ahead of the civic polls.

Officials from the Baner police station reported that Chandere and the group were charged under sections 223, 171, and 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for violating the model code of conduct. The authorities discovered a voters list and additional documents in the group's possession.

The incident gained public attention after related videos went viral on social media. The Pune civic polls are scheduled for January 15, with vote counting set for the following day. These elections involve 1,166 candidates vying across 165 seats in 41 wards.

(With inputs from agencies.)