Shimla, July 2 -- Himachal Pradesh panchayati raj minister Anirudh Singh Rana was booked on Tuesday for assaulting a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) official, Achal Jindal, during a site inspection where a five-storeyed residential building had collapsed in the Bhattakuffar area of Shimla on Monday, police said. "The FIR against Anirudh Singh Rana has been registered at Dhalli police station under sections 132 (criminal force to deter public servant while performing his duty), 121 (1) (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (intentional insult), 126 (2) (wrongful restraint) and 3 (5) (criminal act committed by several persons) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)," said Dhalli police station in-charge Virochan Negi. The incident triggered a political storm, with the Opposition mounting a sharp attack on the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in the state. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari condemned the "heinous assault". "Such a brutal attack on a public servant performing his official duties not only endangers individual safety but also erodes institutional integrity. I have taken serious cognisance of the matter and spoken to CM Sukhu, urging immediate and exemplary action against all perpetrators," Gadkari said in a Facebook post. NHAI chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav also wrote a letter to HP chief secretary Prabodh Saxena, demanding an inquiry into the incident and action against all those responsible....