The J.P. Nagar police have registered an FIR against officials of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom), and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) following the death of a 34-year-old cobbler by electrocution near a bus stop in Bengaluru during heavy rain on April 29 evening.

Based on a complaint filed by the victim’s sister, police have invoked Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (causing death by negligence not amounting to culpable homicide), and have begun further investigation.