Man booked for threatening electricity dept officials who went to collect dues
A 48-year-old businessman has been booked for allegedly abusing and assaulting a junior engineer of the electricity department in Ballia district. Police said the incident occurred when the officials had gone to the businessman’s house for collecting dues.
In the viral video of the incident, the businessman, identified as Amrendra Babu alias Bablu, is purportedly seen threatening lineman and assaulting junior engineer Tarkeshwar Yadav. Amrendra allegedly took out his licenced rifle and threatened to shoot the power officials.
Junior engineer Yadav said he and his team had gone to collect pending electricity dues in Nagra area of Ballia on Monday. According to him, Amrendra has a pending due of Rs 20,208.
