Clash breaks out between lawyers, electricity dept worker

Bareilly | Wednesday | 22nd November, 2017

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Pilibhit: A clash broke out at 2 pm on Wednesday at the office of the sub divisional officer (SDO) of electricity here, which left many, including the SDO injured. Another FIR was lodged against Sant Ram Rauthaur and other lawyers on the complaint of SDO under section 307, 392, 323, 504 and 506 of IPC, the SHO said. “Annoyed with the departmental action, Rathaur barged into my office along with a group of lawyers and demanded how I dared disconnect his power line. The bone of contention was the power connection being cut at the residence of one of the lawyers, Sant Ram Rathaur on Tuesday.Speaking to TOI, Yadav said that Rathaur had unpaid electricity bills to the tune of Rs 76,000, due to which his electricity line was cut. We found him lying unconscious on the floor of a room, which was locked from the outside..