Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
Staff of Rachana petrol pump station on Mysore road have been booked for assaulting a 48-year-old school teacher for objecting to minor boy working as attendant .
PV Chikka Thammaiah, resident of Bapujinagar working as teacher at a school was returning home from work and stopped at the petrol pump to fill the fuel.
He noticed a minor boy working as attendant and asked him about the age.
Since the boy was reluctant to reply, he approached the manager and objected to the boy working as attendant and informed that it amounts to child labour.
The accused later identified as Madesha,took him to the chamber to get the ID proof of the boy.
The other staff members soon gathered and started hurling abuses and intimidating him.
Sensing trouble when Chikka Thimmaiah tried to get away, the accused snatched the key of his scooter and started reigning punched and kicks on him .
He managed to escape and ran out from the station and took shelter at the basement of a residential apartment near-by before calling the control room to report the incident.
Few minutes later,a Hioysala patrolling vehicle reached the petrol pump and with the help of police Chikka Thimmaiah took his scooter and
went to the station to file a complaint.
He requested the police to provide security to him and his family since the accuse have threatened him with dire consequences .
The police have registered a case of assault and criminal intimidation and are investigating.
