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Bharat Ratna scientist gets SIR notice? Bengaluru DEO clarifies whether 92-year-old Prof C N R Rao was summoned

District Election Officer (DEO) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao on Wednesday clarified that no notice was issued to Bharat Ratna awardee Professor C N R Rao in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengaluru Urban district's Malleswaram Assembly Constituency.

The clarification came after media reports claimed that a notice had been served on the eminent scientist over a discrepancy in his name in the electoral records.

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