Bangalore: In a case of stark irony, a well-known whistleblower who has reportedly filed 867 cases against judges – including those in the High Court and Supreme Court – finds himself on the wrong side of the law after his landlady filed a police complaint against him.

N Rani owns the building in which Digvijay Mote lives in Wilson Garden, ten feet away from Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy’s residence in Lakkasandra. She intends to sell the building and has thus been requesting Mote to vacate the property. However, her requests have been met with defiance. The 63-year-old has thus been left with no alternative but to file a complaint with Lokayukta police.

“We have been requesting Mote to vacate the house since April 2014,” says Rani, revealing that all other tenants in the building have vacated the premises. “We have been repeatedly requesting the family to vacate, but to no avail. The rent agreement is in Mote’s son’s name, but even he is not responding to our requests.”

The landlady also tells sources that the whistleblower has been harassing her family. “Mote disconnects our electric source, turns off our water supply, and shouts at the top of his voice that he will not vacate,” she says.

Rani, whose family owns the building since 1976, lives with her daughter with no support from anybody. Digvijay Mote, when contacted, refused to comment, stating the complaint has not come to his notice.

The Adugodi police told sources that that the complaint has been forwarded to them by the Lokayukta DIG and the case is being investigated.