Police in Solapur district have registered a case against Uttam Jankar, the NCP (SP) leader who recently won the Malshiras assembly seat, and 88 others for attempting to conduct an unauthorised "re-election" using ballot papers in Markadwadi village. The case was filed after a group of residents from the village and surrounding areas defied prohibitory orders to organise the unauthorised polling process, a police official stated, as per PTI reports.

The incident follows an earlier case filed against over 200 individuals for similarly defying orders and attempting to hold the "re-poll". On Tuesday morning, approximately 250 to 300 individuals gathered in Markadwadi, disregarding legal restrictions, and prepared to carry out a ballot-based election. This move came after some villagers expressed doubts about the accuracy of votes counted via Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at a polling booth in Markadwadi during the recently concluded Maharashtra state elections.