Pramesh S Jain
A 30-year-old driver was allegedly assaulted with an iron rod, abducted in a car and brutally tortured over a salary dispute in the Jeevan Bheemanagar police station limits on November 5.
According to the complaint filed by Mohan G (30),a resident of Anandapura, he had been working as a tanker driver with Srinivas,owner of Sri Water Tank Service in BDA Layout,for nearly two-and-a-half years.
He was paid a monthly salary of Rs 30,000,Mohan allegedly quit the job around one-and-a-half months ago,claiming that Srinivas had not paid him seven months’ salary amounting to approximately Rs 2.10 lakh.
When he demanded the pending wages,Srinivas allegedly refused to pay and abused him.
The two had reportedly quarrelled over the issue near Srinivas’s house on November 4.
The accused allegedly lifted the unconscious man and placed him in the rear seat of their car before driving towards Bellandur Lake.
While in the car, they allegedly discussed killing him, saying that he should not be spared.
They subsequently took him towards the Marathahalli railway gate, where they allegedly kept him for around half an hour before throwing him out onto a heap of jelly stones.
The complaint further alleges that Srinivas pulled down
Mohan’s trousers and kicked him repeatedly in his private parts.The other accused also allegedly assaulted him.
Mohan later received medical treatment and approached the Jeevan Bheemanagar police on November 6 to lodge a complaint.
The police have registered a case in Crime under Sections 126(2), 140(1), 109(1), 115(2), 118(1), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and further investigation is underway.
