FIR filed against Excise officials over alleged illegal detention

BENGALURU: An FIR has been filed at the Jnanabharathi police station against officers serving in the BDA-3 Kengeri range sub-division over an alleged illegal detention. Excise Inspector Raghavendra, Excise sub-inspector Vasudeva S N and other staff members have been named as accused.

The FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a woman named Purnima. She has sought legal action against those responsible for the illegal detention of her husband. The complaint alleged that the Excise officers and staff illegally detained and harassed her husband Jagannath K V.

Though the reason for the alleged illegal detention was not clear, Purnima claimed that her husband was illegally detained and harassed and even forced to drink a toilet cleaner. A case has been registered in this connection and the Gnanabharathi Nagar police have taken up further investigation.