SIR finds only about 1,600 suspected foreigners on rolls in six states

The special intensive revision of voter rolls in at least six states, with a combined electorate of 98.6 million, has flagged only around 1,600 suspected foreign nationals, an analysis has found. In Karnataka, where 9.97 million names were deleted, 716 foreigners were identified, including 545 Nepalese citizens in Bengaluru North. The Election Commission said it never sought separate data on foreigners.