A case has been registered against former KR Puram block Congress President Narayanaswamy under sections 353, 427, 341, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of Satish Kumar, a BBMP Revenue officer.
Two days after Mohammed Haris Nalapad and his henchmen assaulted a Bengaluru man, gravely injuring him, another Congress leader has been accused of misusing his power.
A video, which was released to the media on Tuesday morning, shows Narayanaswamy, a close associate of KR Puram MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, threatening to set the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) ward office in Horamavu on fire.
Narayanaswamy is seen splashing petrol inside the office premises and on Assistant Revenue Officer Chengal Rayappa, demanding that one of his associates bring him the papers which needed to be signed.
Speaking to TNM, an official who was at the BBMP office that day said that Narayanaswamy was involved in a land dispute in the NRI Layout in Horamavu and the case was being heard in the City Civil Court.
He said that Chengal Rayappa was transferred the very next day and that he was also threatened against registering a complaint with the police.
However, BBMP Joint Commissioner Poornima Vasanti said that when the incident came to light on 16 February, officials had advised Chengal Rayappa to register a complaint.
Speaking to TNM, Ramamurthy Nagar Police Inspector Chandradhar said that no one had registered a complaint and that the police had obtained information about the incident only after the video surfaced in the media.
Meanwhile, Narayanaswamy has refused to acknowledge that he did anything wrong. Speaking to the media, he said that he was the aggrieved party in the incident.
Speaking to the media, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that Naranaswamy must be arrested.
(This article has been published in an arrangement with The News Minute.)
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