Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday stated he had paid a fantastic of Rs 68,526 for drawing electrical energy from an unlawful connection to mild his residence at JP Nagar right here throughout Deepavali, however termed it “unfair and extreme”.
Nonetheless, the JD(S) state unit chief protested the style during which the fantastic quantity was calculated and located flaws within the FIR registered towards him.
Kumaraswamy, son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, alleged political witch hunt towards him as he voted towards the ruling Congress authorities.
In a letter to the Assistant Government Engineer of the Vigilance Police Station of the Bangalore Electrical energy Provide Company Restricted (BESCOM), Kumaraswamy blamed {the electrical} contractor appointed by his workers who for testing functions had pulled a wire and related it on to the electrical energy pole reverse his home.
“Instantly after I got here to find out about it, I knowledgeable my employees to disconnect the wire from the electrical pole. I used to be not at house when these lighting works have been being carried out or whereas they have been being examined and I used to be at my home in Bidadi, Ramanagara district,” he defined. “The electrician was working alone with out my data,” he defined.
Kumaraswamy stated the FIR registered towards him was stuffed with flaws because the complainant, as assistant government engineer of BESCOM, had said that he personally noticed the theft going down however the info have been contradictory to the declare.
In line with him, the BESCOM engineer who registered a case towards him defined to him that he got here to examine the residential constructing after seeing the video unfold on digital media and social media websites.
“Within the face of unfair and extreme demand for cost, it’s my proper as a shopper to specific my concern and protest towards such practices,” Kumaraswamy stated.
Blaming the ruling social gathering for submitting a case towards him, he stated: “I see this as a political witch hunt towards me due to the collection of tweets and press interviews I made relating to mismanagement of sources of energy towards the federal government.” The present authorities run by a rival social gathering is headed by my arch rivals in addition to the state presidents — CM/DCM, who’ve made statements to the digital media that I’ve dedicated electrical energy theft.”
Persevering with their media statements, Kumaraswamy alleged that one of many officers violated official guidelines and made a press assertion with out acquiring permission from the (Electrical energy) Board. This means that the officers have been influenced to behave on the directions of their political superiors to tarnish his identify as a result of an act dedicated by {the electrical} contractor.
Kumaraswamy discovered himself on the receiving finish on November 14 when the Congress allegedly stole electrical energy to mild his home throughout Deepavali.
The ruling social gathering additionally launched a video displaying energy provide from the electrical energy pole to Kumaraswamy’s home.
“The one sincere individual on the earth HD Kumaraswamy’s JP Nagar home was lit with ornamental lights with unlawful energy connection instantly from an electrical pole. It’s a tragedy that such poverty has befallen a former electrical energy theft president!” Congress wrote on microblogging web site ‘X’ on the time.
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