Kerala BJP president K Surendran was quizzed on Thursday by the state police who are investigating an election bribery allegation.
Surendran, who lost in the recent Kerala Assembly elections at Manjeshwar in Kasargod, allegedly gave Rs. 2.5 lakh and a mobile phone to K Sundara, a BSP candidate, for withdrawing the nomination. He had denied the allegation.
Surendran was quizzed for about one hour by a team led by a Crime Branch DySP.
A local court in Kasargod ordered the police probe based on a petition filed by Left Front candidate V V Ramesh who came third in the election. Surendran lost in the 2016 Assembly election by 89 votes and by 745 votes this year.
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(Published 16 September 2021, 15:55 IST)
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