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Upa Lokayukta Justice B. Veerappa has suo motu initiated a probe into the decease of a 38-year-old motortruck operator astatine an alleged amerciable quarry successful Nagamangala taluk of Mandya territory successful Karnataka. A lawsuit was registered against the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner, tahsildar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, and 7 different officials for dereliction of duty.
The enactment follows a study published connected the website of a Kannada regular connected December 26, 2025, stating that a motortruck loaded with operation stones plunged into a gorge astatine a stone-crushing portion adjacent Jataka Gate, wrong the limits of Bellur constabulary presumption successful Nagamangala taluk. The mishap resulted successful the decease of the driver, Lakshmana, connected the spot.
Taking cognisance of the report, the Upa Lokayukta observed that the incidental allegedly occurred owed to the negligence of the proprietor of the stone-crushing portion wherever labourers were reportedly moving nether “pathetic conditions”. It was besides noted that some quarry owners and labourers had failed to adhere to mandatory information measures.
The Upa Lokayukta observed that contempt the beingness of a astir 40-foot-deep gorge adjacent to the way taken by the truck, the quarry proprietor had failed to conception a compound wall, oregon immoderate protective barrier.
The bid took enactment of the alleged inaction by officials of the Department of Mines and Geology adjacent though quarry and crusher operators reportedly carried retired activities successful usurpation of prescribed rules and regulations.
Referring to akin fatalities astatine quarries successful the past — wherever suo motu cases had been registered and investigations conducted earlier compensation was paid to families of the deceased — the Upa Lokayukta directed that a suo motu lawsuit beryllium registered successful this lawsuit arsenic well.
“For the intent of redressal of grievance and to analyse whether determination was immoderate inaction oregon maladministration connected the portion of the authorities acrophobic of the State, and for due redressal of the grievance successful question, it is conscionable and indispensable to implead the officials mentioned below,” the Upa Lokayukta stated.
The officials named successful the lawsuit are:
- Assistant Commissioner, Pandavapura sub-division
- Tahsildar, Nagamangala taluk
- Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagamangala sub-division
- Deputy Director, Department of Mines and Geology, Mandya
- Senior Geologist, Mandya
- Regional Transport Officer, Mandya
- Labour Officer, Mandya
- Labour Inspector, Nagamangala taluk
- Executive Officer, Nagamangala taluk panchayat
- Panchayat Officer of Nelligere Gram Panchayat
