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According to a police officer involved in the investigation, BBMP engineer-in-chief B H Prahalad has not appeared for questioning despite being served four notices since the time of the accident.
Bengaluru Live News (August 16): Shivakumar has been accused by the BJP and the JDS of being linked to demands of 10 to 15 per cent commission from contractors of the BBMP for the release of over Rs 700 crore of payments for work done in the city during the BJP’s 2019-23 tenure.
Nine people were injured in the fire at the civic body’s quality control laboratory Friday. The police have booked three BBMP employees in connection with the case.
Bengaluru Live News Updates (August 13): The use of fire while dealing with a flammable substance like benzene might have gone wrong, according to BS Prahalad, engineer-in-chief of BBMP, who has been appointed to conduct an internal technical enquiry of the BBMP headquarters fire.
The fire occurred amid a standoff between the Congress government and contractors allegedly allied with BJP over payments to be made for work done from 2019 to 2023.