Man held for hurling stone at train after argument with co-passenger; one person injured
Mumbai (PTI): A 26-year-old man was arrested by Bandra railway police in Mumbai for allegedly pelting a stone on a suburban train, which left one passenger injured, an official said on Friday.
The incident took place on Tuesday when commuter Nishant Khatri, a resident of Dadar West, had boarded a train from Andheri bound for Churchgate at 10:40pm, the official said.
"During the journey, an argument broke out between two passengers over a seat. One of them picked up a stone and hurled it at the train after he alighted on the tracks at Bandra. While he intended to hit the passenger with whom he was arguing, it instead hit Khatri below the left eye," he said.
Khatri alighted at Bandra station and approached police personnel there, who took him to nearby Bhabha Hospital and later to Hinduja Hospital in Mahim for advanced treatment, the official said.
"Police teams scanned multiple CCTV footages to obtain the accused's image, which was then circulated among informers. He was identified as Yogendra Vanshraj Baudhha, a resident of Vasai East who does odd jobs. Baudhha was arrested from Dadar station on Thursday afternoon," he said.
Baudhha has been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means and other offences, the official added.
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Bypoll results will decide the future of Congress in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): Leader of Opposition BJP in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said the results of the bypolls in Davanagere South and Bagalkote assembly constituencies will decide the future of the ruling Congress in the state.
The bypolls were necessitated following the demise of sitting Congress MLAs Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti, who represented Davanagere South and Bagalkote constituencies respectively.
The ruling Congress has fielded Shamanur Shivashankarappa’s grandson and Karnataka Minister S S Mallikarjun’s son Samarth Shamanur in Davanagere South and Umesh Meti in Bagalkote, who are locked in a direct contest with BJP candidates T Dasakariyappa and Veerabhadrayya Charantimath.
According to Ashoka, there is a contest between the poor and the rich in the upcoming bypolls, scheduled on April 9.
"The Congress will lose this election, and the future of the state will be decided. Since Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said ‘Make the poor win’, the BJP has fielded poor candidates,” the BJP leader said in a press conference.
In Davanagere, the BJP has given a ticket to an ordinary person, whereas Congress has given tickets to powerful and influential people. In Bagalkote, there is a very good opinion about the BJP candidate, he claimed.
According to him, the Congress has given space to dynastic politics in both places. Therefore, the BJP has a strong chance of winning in both constituencies.
The LoP said if the Congress candidate wins in Davanagere, it is understood that Muslims will not get opportunities in the future, and therefore, Muslims are opposing the Congress party.
He also charged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who talks about uniting backward classes, has not given a ticket to backward class candidates.
