Bikaner, Sep 6 (PTI) Congress councillors allegedly hurled ink on the face of the chief operating officer of a private electricity company in Bikaner Monday, expressing anger over the death due to electrocution of a councillor's husband.

The husband got electrocuted last month while checking electricity equipment at his newly opened resort.

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The councillors alleged the incident occurred due to a faulty electricity line. They said they were annoyed by the report of Jodhpur DISCOM in which the company was purportedly given a clean chit.

On Monday, the councillors staged a protest outside the office of Bikaner Electricity Supply Ltd in Pawanpuri.

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When chief operating officer Shantnu Bhattacharya came outside to hold talks with them, someone hurled ink on his face, police said.

Later, the company filed a complaint against six councilors.

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