An officer of food department was manhandled by shop owners during inspection at Mata Mandir area under TT Nagar police station area on Monday.
According to the police Junior Supply Officer of Food Department Pratap Singh was man handled by shop owner at Mata Mandir.
Singh later lodged a complaint with the TT Nagar police alleging that he was manhandled after abusing by accused shop owner Iqbal Khan and his son Anwar Khan.
The accused have claimed that Singh had visited their shop around a month ago and have demanded Rs 10000 per month for continuing their shop and on Monday again visited the shop and started video recording of the shop which was objected by them but he continued to record.
On the other hand Singh’s claims were different as he told the police that he had gone to the shop along with his team and have informed his senior officials regarding the inspection at the shop. When he visited the shop Iqbal started abusing the team and attacked Singh with a sharp edged weapon but was rescued by his team member food inspector Awatar Singh who was present at the spot at the time of the incident.
He claimed that the accused shop owner was involved in refilling of gas cylinders illegally. Both accused and victim are blaming each other and claiming their innocence. The claims made by accused and victim would be verified and investigated in the further investigation.