According to the BBMP, the culprits behind the massive fire that engulfed Bellandur Lake in January this year have been caught. And they don’t happen to be industries letting chemicals into the lake but four scrap dealers who have been clandestinely burning OFCs to extract copper from them to sell it elsewhere and make a living.
According to the cops, these youth were indulging in this for the last two years, and could well be the reason behind the frequent burnings spotted around the lake.
However, this time around, with marshalls on duty, they were caught on December 6 at around 11.50am near the Bellandur Tank Bund Road which comes under the HSR Layout police’s jurisdiction.
In the police complaint filed by Doradla Narasimha Rao, the BBMP’s assistant executive engineer, the four accused burnt plastic wires and violated a state government order. The accused are Senthil (23 years), Pandurangan (28), Sharanappan (30) and Prakash (19).
