Srirangapatna: A man claiming to be a relative of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) refused to pay the toll and created ruckus before  slapping a female staff of the Toll Plaza on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway recently.

The car coming from Bengaluru side stopped at the Toll Plaza and the man inside the car claimed that he was a relative of DKS, refused to pay the toll fee and showed the Toll Plaza staff a photo copy of a pass. When the staff told him that the photo copy of the pass will not be considered, the man created a ruckus for some time and later paid the toll fee by scanning the QR code through a UPI app.

When the staff asked him to show his mobile phone as they had to take down the code number, he refused to show and told the staff that he had paid and asked them to look for the code number in their computer.

Soon wordy duel ensued between the female staff manning the counter and the man and in a fit of rage, he slapped the female staff. Soon, other staff members arrived and stopped the fight. Later they lodged a complaint against the man with Srirangapatna Rural Police besides handing over the CCTV footage of the assault to the Police.

Inspector Kumar said that the Srirangapatna Rural Police, who have registered a case, are investigating besides launching a hunt to trace the car and its driver.