<p>Five people were arrested on Thursday for digging up roads without permission, and threatening a BBMP official when he questioned them about it.</p>.<p>The men were digging the road near the BMTC bus depot service road in Premnagar and laying data cables on Wednesday morning when NG Umesh, a BBMP official, asked them if they had the authorisation to do so.</p>.<p>The group threatened him and asked him to mind his own business, the police said. He then filed a complaint with the Kamakshipalya police station.</p>.<p>On Thursday morning, the police arrived at the spot where the cables were being laid and found the five men still there guarding the machinery.</p>.<p>The police arrested Mani, Ramesh, Premkumar, Kiran and Dwarka Yadav, who were operating the machinery. They were working for Prabhakar, a Hyderabad-based contractor, Girdhar, a supervisor.</p>.<p>The police booked the group for damage to public property, mischief causing damage, criminal intimidation, and assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from his duty under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>The five were produced before a magistrate and granted bail on Friday, the police said.</p>
<p>Five people were arrested on Thursday for digging up roads without permission, and threatening a BBMP official when he questioned them about it.</p>.<p>The men were digging the road near the BMTC bus depot service road in Premnagar and laying data cables on Wednesday morning when NG Umesh, a BBMP official, asked them if they had the authorisation to do so.</p>.<p>The group threatened him and asked him to mind his own business, the police said. He then filed a complaint with the Kamakshipalya police station.</p>.<p>On Thursday morning, the police arrived at the spot where the cables were being laid and found the five men still there guarding the machinery.</p>.<p>The police arrested Mani, Ramesh, Premkumar, Kiran and Dwarka Yadav, who were operating the machinery. They were working for Prabhakar, a Hyderabad-based contractor, Girdhar, a supervisor.</p>.<p>The police booked the group for damage to public property, mischief causing damage, criminal intimidation, and assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from his duty under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>The five were produced before a magistrate and granted bail on Friday, the police said.</p>