10 booked on the charge of auctioning GP seats
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Following a complaint lodged by Panchayat Development Officer C. Ramakrishna attached to Ramadurga Gram Panchayat in Kudligi taluk of Ballari district, Gudekote Police, on Saturday, registered a case against 10 people on the charge of auctioning six gram panchayat seats in Chandrashekharapura village that fall in Ramadurga Gram Panchayat.
The accused included the six members who were the aspirants of the gram panchayat seats and the village elders who facilitated the auction.
As per the complaint, the village elders held a meeting with the aspirants on the Sri Basaveshwara temple premises on Friday and conducted the auction. At the end of the process, the six seats were together auctioned for ₹ 3,65,000 and the successful bidders had agreed to pay the amount to the temple committee after the completion of the election process. The village elders also decided not to allow others to contest a