Chief Minister’s home office struck by golf ball nuisance

The sprawling Golf Course in Bangalore has become a source of nuisance to the people visiting the adjacent home office of Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

With the golf balls struck from the Golf Course situated across the road frequently landing into the premises of the Chief Minister’s home office, the officials had instructed the management of the Golf Course to take necessary steps including raising a barrier that prevents balls from flying out of the Course.

But, on Saturday when more than two thousand people had thronged the Chief Minister’s home office to participate in the Janata Darshan or Public Contact programme, two hard golf balls landed into the compound injuring not just a visitor, but also the Chief Minister’s Officer on Special Duty Narayanappa.

Narayanappa was busy collecting petitions from visitors to the Chief Minister’s office when a golf ball struck him like a missile. A couple of minutes later, it was the turn of a visitor to be injured by yet another golf ball.

Soon, police rushed to the Golf Course and arrested an accountant of the Golf Course. The Golf Course management was taken to task for its failure to comply with the officials instructions to take steps and prevent golf balls from landing into the Chief Minister’s home office. The accountant was, however, released later. But, the police has warned the Golf Course management of serious action if a barrier is not erected forthwith to stop the menace of golf balls.