Kambala organisers charged for Illegal banners

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Although ‘Namma Kambala’ has come to a conclusion early on Monday, several organisers now have come under fire for installing illegal banners in public places..

A case under the Karnataka Open Spaces (Prevention of Disfigurement) act was filed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Ward 35 revenue officer K Siddhagangaiah at the Sadashivanagar Police Station in Bengaluru.

The complaint alleged that flex banners were put up illegally at public places like Mekhri Circle and Bellary Road. The complaint also added that these banners disturbed the natural ‘beauty’ and it also ‘disturbed’ the public.

Further the organisers were accused of violating the High court rule, which directs people to put up banners only after obtaining permission.