Mysuru, 17 Dec

The Mysuru South Police have registered a case against a landowner for allegedly abusing, threatening, and obstructing a woman government officer from performing her duties in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s constituency. The incident comes close on the heels of the Sidlaghatta row.

The incident occurred on 31 December, but came to light after two officers leaked the audio to the media recently.

Puttaswamy had allegedly encroached on land that the government had notified 20-acres of land in Gudamadanahalli village, in Varuna assembly segment, Mysuru, for constructing a NIMHANS hospital unit. He was allegedly cultivating arecanut on the land.

When Bandipalya Panchayat development officer G Bhavya and village assistant Naveenkumar came to the site on 31 December, Puttaswamy allegedly abused them and prevented them from carrying out the land acquisition.

This comes days after Congress leader Rajeev Gowda threatened Sidlaghatta Municipal Corporation Commissioner Amrutha Gowda over the alleged removal of flex banners.