<p class="title">A BBMP official has filed a police complaint against the president of Samata Sainik Dal for obstructing the eviction of street vendors in southeastern Bengaluru’s Koramangala last Saturday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The complaint accuses M Venkataswamy of “threatening” a BBMP assistant executive engineer who was overseeing the eviction of street vendors during the Sony World junction as per Lokayukta’s orders, a Palike official said on the condition of anonymity. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The complaint states that Venkataswamy telephoned the engineer and demanded how could he carry out the eviction drive. “I will file a case against you under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,” Venkataswamy is said to have told him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Venkataswamy said he had just opposed the eviction of a cobbler. “There is an order by the BBMP commissioner against evicting street vendors. Still, these officials were doing it,” he added. He, however, said he wasn’t aware of the complaint. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Police are yet to register an FIR over the complaint. </p>
<p class="title">A BBMP official has filed a police complaint against the president of Samata Sainik Dal for obstructing the eviction of street vendors in southeastern Bengaluru’s Koramangala last Saturday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The complaint accuses M Venkataswamy of “threatening” a BBMP assistant executive engineer who was overseeing the eviction of street vendors during the Sony World junction as per Lokayukta’s orders, a Palike official said on the condition of anonymity. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The complaint states that Venkataswamy telephoned the engineer and demanded how could he carry out the eviction drive. “I will file a case against you under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,” Venkataswamy is said to have told him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Venkataswamy said he had just opposed the eviction of a cobbler. “There is an order by the BBMP commissioner against evicting street vendors. Still, these officials were doing it,” he added. He, however, said he wasn’t aware of the complaint. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Police are yet to register an FIR over the complaint. </p>