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Case registered after attack on officer in Covid room

Probationary IAS officer Yashwant was sent to the Bommanahalli Zone War Room on a government directive on April 29. At the time there was confusion over bed allocation for Covid patients and a tussle broke out.

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Published : May 9, 2021, 11:15 AM IST

Bengaluru:An FIR has been lodged in connection with an attack on an IAS officer at the Bommanahalli Covid control room in Karnataka.

Charges include obstructing the duty of a government official. The complaint was made by the officer at the HSR Layout Police Station.

Probationary IAS officer Yashwant was sent to the Bommanahalli Zone War Room on a government directive on April 29. At the time there was confusion over bed allocation for Covid patients and a tussle broke out.

Member of Parliament from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya and the three BJP MLAs had alleged bed-blocking scam by staff in the South Zone War Room. Surya alleged that hospitals in the city blocked beds in fake names to make money.

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