Appear before BMTF, court tells officials booked for violations

The High Court on Wednesday asked nine Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, against whom an FIR was registered for permitting unauthorised constructions on rajakaluve, to appear before the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the state government has also submitted an undertaking that the accused officials will not be arrested.

Justice Anand Byrareddy heard the petitions filed by the officials, M L Munikrishna, a retired chief engineer, P Gangappa, Assistant Director, Town Planning, H Sunitha, Assistant Engineer, Town Planning, Mahadevapura Zone, M Liyakath, Assistant Director, Town Planning, Dasarahalli Zone, M V Guruprasad, Assistant Engineer, Town Planning, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, B T Mohan Krishna, R V Govindaraj, R K Shashidhar and Chowde Gowda.

FIR challenged

The officials had challenged the FIR registered against them by the BMTF. Based on the complaint by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the BMTF had registered an FIR against 20 officials.

The complaint stated that the officials ignored the buffer zone regulations and sanctioned plans for residential properties.