Posters calling Kumaraswamy 'electricity thief' appear near his house

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Posters dubbing former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy as 'current thief' surfaced on the walls near his house a day after the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company registered a case of power theft against him.

Videos showing the posters went viral on social media. Learning about the posters, police rushed to the spot and removed them.

The Congress in Karnataka on Tuesday accused former Chief Minister and JD(S) state chief Kumarawamy of drawing power illegally to light up his JP Nagar residence here with decorative lights during Deepavali.

The ruling party posted a video along with a statement on micro-blogging site 'X' criticising the JD(S) leader and son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda.

Accordingly, the BESCOM vigilance wing conducted an inspection and registered a case under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act.

Plaint over pasting posters

J D(S) Beng alur u unit president HM Ramesh Gowda on Wednesday registered a complaint against anonymous persons for pasting posters branding party state president HD Kumaraswamy a “power thief”.

Gowda approached the Srirampura police station since he was complaining about the posters pasted on the JD(S) party office in Sheshadripuram.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered over the same.