Thomas (Special correspondent)
Family and friends of Venkatesh John,a 55-year-old tender coconut vendor who killed in a freak accident at the residential premises of a senior IAS office while removing bee hive on last Sunday,complained to the chief Justice of high court seeking his intervention for legal action against the authorities concerned.
John,who also animal rescuer in free time was asked by the officials BBMP forest cell to remove the bee hive from a tree situated at the house of a senior IAS officer behind Golf Course.
John was promised a decent amount as well as monthly salary from the forest cell for his work.
This was totally unnecessary as the Beehive was at least 200 feet above the tree.
The officials including Dy RFO Mahesh accompanied by Prasanna Kumar and his colleague Mohan,Driver Manju took John in the official vehicle convoy along with two BBMP vehicles to remove 1 BEE hive from the senior IAS officers house which was totally unnecessary and uncalled for,the complainant said .
John has climbed the Tree alone without any basic safety equipment and when the Bees started to sting him,John shouted for help.The entire BBMPFC was just mute spectators.
As a result John lost balance and fell from the top of the Tree and suffered serious injuries John was shifted in the BBMP vehicle to Vikram Hospital initially and later to Bowring hospital where he was declared Dead and his Post-mortem was conducted.
Based on the medico legal case the jurisdictional high grounds police have registered a case of un-natural death and are investigating .
We are waiting for the report from the police for further action in this regard, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Govindaraj, said.
