Daijiworld Media Network – Hubli (SP)

Hubli, Aug 24: In an incident that occurred at the city railway station on the night of Monday August 22, state minister for agriculture, Umesh Katti, manhandled a policeman on security duty. The victim has been identified as Shivaramaiah, head constable of Railway Protection Force.

The policeman was on duty at the railway station, when Katti’s car and an escort vehicle arrived there. Noticing that the two vehicles had not been parked at the allotted slots, Shivaramaiah asked the drivers to move the vehicles to the parking lot stipulated for VIPs. However, both the drivers rebuked the policeman, saying that he had no authority to direct vehicles of minister.

Angered over the development, Katti got down, abused Shivaramaiah with choice words, held his collar and shook him violently. The buttons of the man’s uniform came off  in this incident.  Shivaramaiah contacted inspector, Javed Mokashi, who came on the scene immediately. Reportedly, the minister used abusive words against him too.

However, no official complaint was registered against the minister.