A Chief Engineer of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had allegedly assaulted husband of a company’s managing director and a director during the meeting with them on fixing rate to make payment to the company, which was given a contract to fill potholes on 182-kilometre stretch of city’s roads, the High Court of Karnataka was told on Tuesday.
Chief Engineer (Road and Infrastructure) B.S. Prahalad punched and pushed the husband of the MD of city-based American Technology and Solutions Ltd. and another director of the company on May 27 during a meeting, senior advocate Jayna Kothari, appearing for the company, told the High Court of Karnataka, while submitting a copy of the complaint sent to BBMP’s Chief Commissioner in this regard.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi, before whom these submissions were made during a hearing on PIL petitions on the condition of city roads, has directed the BBMP to inform the court about the action taken on the complaint.
