Tanker driver abducted and tortured over unpaid salary; four booked

A 30-year-old tanker truck driver was allegedly assaulted with an iron rod, abducted in a car and tortured over a salary dispute in the Jeevan Bheemanagar police station limits on November 5.

According to the complaint filed by Mohan G., a resident of Anandapura, he had worked for nearly two-and-a-half years with Srinivas, owner of Sri Water Tank Service in BDA Layout, for a monthly salary of ₹30,000. He quit the job around one-and-a-half months ago, alleging that seven months’ salary amounting to approximately ₹2.10 lakh remained unpaid.

The two had reportedly quarrelled over the pending wages near Srinivas’s house on November 4. Mohan had earlier approached the police seeking their intervention to recover his dues. The police had reportedly summoned Srinivas for questioning and asked him to return the following day.

However, on November 5, shortly after Mohan stepped out of his house, the accused allegedly assaulted him with an iron rod, rendering him unconscious, before abducting him in a car.

The accused allegedly took him towards Bellandur Lake and later to the Marathahalli railway gate, where he was further assaulted and tortured. They eventually dumped him on a heap of crushed stone.

Mohan subsequently received medical treatment and lodged a complaint with the Jeevan Bheemanagar police on November 6.

The police have registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and booked four persons. A few suspects have reportedly been detained for further investigation.