New Delhi: An NHAI engineer posted in Shimla has alleged that he and another officer were attacked by Himachal Pradesh Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh during a site inspection on Monday. Both officers have been admitted to Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) at Shimla.In his complaint for the in-charge of Dhali police station, NHAI engineer, Achal Jindal said that he had gone to review the fall of a multi-storey building in Chamiyana to attend a meeting by Shimla SDM, with site engineer Yogesh. But ever since the SDM was not there, he proceeded to wander, where four-lanning work is going on.Jindal said that he came to know that the minister was also present with some local people. Last night, he said, Singh had asked him about the collapse of the building near a construction site in Chamiana.In his complaint, Jindal said that the contractor had told him that the residents of the said building were evacuated before its collapse. He said that he had informed the minister that the building was out of the jurisdiction of NHAI – the right to the way.The engineer told the police that as per the agreement, the state government had to provide compensation in case of any damage and shared all the details with the minister. “But Singh started using the derogatory language. Me and my site engineer were taken to a local room where the minister attacked. They threw a pitcher full of water. As a result, I suffered hurts and started bleeding. When the site engineer tried to save me, he was also attacked. SDM and others did not help us, ”Jindal said.The Central Engineering Services Officers Association has urged Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari to ensure that justice is to be given, to ensure that it has to ensure that to ensure that the “. NHAI Engineers Association has also sought” immediate and impersonal action against all the people responsible for this heinous act “.
