FIR registered against K’taka officer for insulting RTI activist

Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered against State Information Commissioner KE Kumaraswamy under the SC,ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly insulting and abusing an RTI activist during the hearing of a case.

Reportedly, the police were allegedly reluctant to receive the complaint, following which the complainant had to approach senior police officers before approaching the court.

Based on the directions of the court, the Vidhana Soudha police have taken up a case against Kumaraswamy.