THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala has demanded that a case must be registered against CPM MLA K Kunhiraman for threatening a presiding officer who tried to prevent fraudulent voting during the local body election. Chennithala added that the complaint of the presiding officer was very serious.

Chennithala said that it was common practice to vote fraudulently after beating up the booth agents of the opposition. "A criminal case should be registered against the MLA for threatening the poll officer who tried to stop the bogus voting," he said.

Polling, held in three phases, was completed on December 14 and the results were out on December 16 in which the Left parties got a comfortable victory.