Bengaluru, Jan. 15 -- Shidlaghatta city municipal commissioner Amrutha Gowda filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rajeev Gowda accusing him of verbal abuse with obscene language and issuing life threats over the removal of an illegal banner.

"We registered a case against Rajeev Gowda invoking sections 79(act intended to insult modesty of woman), 132(criminal force to deter public servant to discharge duty), 352(intentional insult), 199 and 54 (abettor present when offence committed) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), after a complaint of Amrutha Gowda," inspector of Shidlaghatta police station Venu Gopal said. "We launched investigation and would serve notice to him soon," he added.

In her complaint, commissioner Amrutha ...