IAS officer booked for assault on police at bar and restaurant in Bengaluru

Vikas Marmat, an IAS officer serving as Special Officer of the Kuppam Area Development Authority in Andhra Pradesh.  | Photo Credit: File photo

An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre and three others have been booked for allegedly assaulting a police inspector and other police personnel, abusing them, and obstructing them from discharging their duty during a late-night inspection at a pub in Bengaluru.

The case was registered at Cubbon Park police station on October 10 against Vikas Marmat, an IAS officer serving as Special Officer of the Kuppam Area Development Authority, and three others identified as Abhay Uday Singh, Nitish, and Roshan.

What FIR states

According to the FIR, the incident occurred between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. on October 10 at Cavore, a bar and restaurant on Residency Road, within the Cubbon Park police station limits.