BJP ex-corporator held for assaulting police officer

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A former BJP corporator was arrested by the Kaggalipura police for allegedly assaulting a police inspector in the city, police said on Friday. V Balakrishna, was a corporator of Yelachenahalli Ward number 185 in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

According to police sources, the accused held the collar of Circle Inspector Vijay Kumar and assaulted him while arguing over a property dispute on Thursday night at the Kaggalipura Police Ctation. The police immediately took Balakrishna into custody and lodged an FIR against him under IPC Sections 353 (assault or criminal force on public servant) and 323 (hurting a public servant voluntarily and deterring a public servant from discharging his duty).

The police are likely to produce the accused before court soon after his medical test, the sources added. However, an advocate for Balakrishna stated that they went to the police station to get information regarding an incident in the area. “The police did not give information and neither did they let us speak,” he claimed. A detailed investigation is underway