Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
The Vidyaranyapura police registered a case against the manager of a hotel on Hesaraghatta road for allegedly supplying substandard food for the police personnel on special Ganesh festival bandobast duty in and around Yelahanka sub division on Sunday .
The Vidyaranyapura police who have been assigned to arrange food packets for 1200 police personnel deployed for bandobast duty.
As per the directions the police have arranged Chow chow bath and vada packets from a veg restuarant on Hesaraghatta main road and distributed to men on duty .
However some police personnel complained to the higher ups about sub standard and too much oil content affecting the health of the staff on duty .
Taking a serious note on this the senior police officials have directed Vidyaranyapura police to register a case against the Manager of the hotel charging under section 273 (selling food or drink or any article which has been rendered or has become noxious) of IPC on Sunday.
Initial inquiry revealed that the ghee used in the food items has leaked from the boxes which led to the panic and suspicion among the police personnel that sub standard oil used in the food which is hazardous to their health .
Few sample packets of the food have been sent to the food and safety department for verification while the police issued a notice to the manager for inquiry.
