Bengaluru: A senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Secretary and other government officers, alleging he was abused by Mayakonda Congress MLA K Shivamurthy Naik.

Rajender Kumar Kataria, Secretary, Commerce and Industries Department (MSME and Mines), alleged in the letter that MLA Naik verbally abused him and physically tried to stop him from working on a case that concerns the latter's son.

The case against Suraj Naik is pending with the Department of Mines and Geology.

In his letter, Kataria said that Naik came to his office on Monday and tried to exert pressure on him to clear a pending file submitted by his son Suraj.

In 2015, Suraj Naik had applied for setting up a quarry on a piece of land in Siddeshwaranadurga village in the Challakere taluk. The application was not approved as it was made before the amendment to Karnataka Minor Minerals Concession Rules in 2016. Suraj has since then been trying to recover his security deposit, as per reports.

Kataria is reported to have stated in the letter, “He not only abused me in public but also stated that I had looted money in this department and (that) I was not willing to do the work of his son overruling the legal position. He has also physically prevented me from carrying out my official duties.”

The MLA, however, denied the allegations and said he had reported the matter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

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Naik even accused the mining lobby of working to deny a licence to his son.