Bengaluru: Two people sustained burns after a scuffle over a delay in payment of rent turned ugly at Raghvendra Block near Hanumanthanagar on Friday evening. A 45-year-old building owner allegedly threw hot sambar at his tenant and tenant’s 22-year-old son, causing burns, the police said.
On Friday evening, Shivarama, the owner of the building where Hemalatha was running a paying guest accommodation, confronted Hemalatha’s son, Shreyas, over the delayed rent. Hemalatha, who started the PG accommodation three months ago, had not paid the rent since the beginning. On Friday night, when the PG staff was preparing dinner for the occupants, Shivarama called Shreyas and asked him for the rent. They got into a heated argument that soon turned physical, the police said.
“Hemalatha, who was on one of the top floors, came down after hearing the commotion. Shivarama’s daughter too came down and got involved. An enraged Shivarama threw a vessel filled with hot sambar on Shreyas and Hemalatha, who sustained injuries. They were rushed to the hospital. Both the parties later approached the Hanumanthanagar police and filed cases against each other. Shivarama’s daughter has filed a case against Shreyas under Section 354 (outraging modesty of woman), while Hemalatha has slapped cases against Shivarama under Sections 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 337 (causing hurt by endangering act), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation),” said a police officer.
