BENGALURU: Two Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) officers were arrested but released the same day by the Karnataka Police in connection with the electric transformer blast case in Bengaluru's Manganahalli on March 23, in which a father and daughter riding a scooter were burned to death.
Dinesh, an Assistant Engineer, and Mahantesh, a junior engineer, were both employed at Bescom when they were detained. They were arrested on Monday and freed on station bail the later in the evening.
Bescom authorities have been accused of severe neglect by the victims' families and eyewitnesses. Despite the fact that neighbouring neighbours had filed a complaint about the electric transformer's oil leak, the personnel allegedly turned a blind eye, resulting in the terrible accident.
Following the event, the department has launched an investigation. Dinesh, one of the accused cops, was just reassigned to the division. According to the residents, the complaint about the electric transformer was made two days ago via the helpline. They also contacted the police after seeing a fire in the transformer on the day of the disaster.
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