Bengaluru: Three people, who allegedly assaulted a mother and son over a property dispute, were arrested by the Ramamurthy Nagar police on Sunday. The alleged incident took place in T. C. Palya on Saturday morning.
Devasya, 45, John, 32, and Babu, 29, all residents of T.C. Palya and hailing from Kerala, are the arrested.
Raju and his mother Lakshmidevi were those who were assaulted.
Devasya was constructing a house next to Raju’s and he has allegedly not left set back space as per the norms.
Raju had reportedly objected and requested Devasya to leave space.
When Devasya did not pay heed, Raju had reportedly complained to the BBMP regarding the alleged violation of building construction by-laws.
An angry Devasya, along with his associates John and Babu, allegedly barged inside Raju’s house and assaulted the duo on Saturday morning. The incident was video recorded by a person.
It is alleged that thought Raju approached Ramamurthy Nagar police to file a complaint on Saturday, they did not receive complaint stating that Devasya had filed a complaint against him and they could not receive counter complaint.
However, Raju filed the complaint after waiting for two hours, but he alleged that the police did not provide him an acknowledgement.
After TV channels started airing the visuals of the incident, the police registered a suo motu complaint and arrested the accused trio. DCP (East) Ajay Hilori refuted Raju’s allegation and said despite repeated request by the police, Raju was not willing to file a complaint. “As he did not file any case, the police took up a suo motu case and arrested the accused.”
It was also alleged that the goons who assaulted Raju and his mother had contacts with an MLA. The police, however, ruled out any such links.
