IAS officer, brother thrash 2 employees of telecom service provider over router; booked

Mumbai: Two men working for a leading telecom service provider were allegedly thrashed by an IAS officer and his brother at the latter’s residence in Navi Mumbai over an Internet router issue, police said on Wednesday. Four security guards of the residential society also allegedly joined the brother duo in attacking the two men with pipe and wooden sticks on December 30 evening, an official said quoting the FIR.

The accused are identified as IAS officer Aman Mittal, currently posted as Maharashtra water supply and sanitation department deputy secretary, and his brother Devesh Mittal, besides the four security guards.