Kochi: Former Kerala minister G Sudhakaran of the CPM has been booked for allegedly forging postal ballots in the Alappuzha constituency in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections.
He allegedly said that he had tampered the ballots in favour of the CPM candidate.
The case has been registered under various Sections.
The police action was based on the direction of the Election Commission and based on the legal opinion of the Deputy Director General of Prosecution, Alappuzha.
Inaugurating a gathering of former NGO Union leaders in Alappuzha on May 14, Sudhakaran allegedly said that postal ballots were tampered with the intent of helping CPI(M) candidate winning the election.
Vakkom Purushothaman of the Congress defeated K V Devadas of the CPM by a margin of over 25,000 votes.
The CPI (M) district leadership has denied the allegation of postal ballot-tampering
Cop books G Sudhakaran
