Bantwal : Assailants throng home and attack Billava leader Sanjeev Poojari, woman
Bantwal,May 11: A group of assailants carried out a deadly attack on Bantwal Congress Election Campaign Chairman, Rai's friend and Billava leader Sanjeev Poojari at his house in Marnabail near Melkar on Thursday night.
It has been accused that the miscreants thronged into Poojari's house and attacked his wife and staff member besides damaging his car.
While Poojari was going in his car on Thursday night, a group of assailants reportedly stopped the four-wheeler, dragged out who all were sitting in it and started beating them.
Later, they thronged into Sanjeev Poojari's house and carried out a deadly attack on his wife and escaped. Poojari's staff members Shankar, Ammi, Iqbal, and others have been injured in the attack.
Minister Ramanath Rai along with party leaders, workers, visited the spot; admitted the Injured to Thumbe private hospital. Additional SP Sujeet, IPS officer Akshay, and other officers are investigating the case.
The Congress leaders have given four separate complaints about the incident. More details are yet to be ascertained by the police department.
The police department, which has already identified the Bantwal constituency as the most sensitive communal area, has beefed up the security in the area in the wake of the Assembly polls and has been conducting special surveillance across the constituency as well as deployed Central Armed Forces. The violence that has erupted before polling day is leading to a widespread anxiety in the civil society.
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Minor girl kidnapped and raped; main accused and two cafe owners held
Latur (PTI): A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an 18-year-old man in Latur, leading to the arrest of the main accused and owners of two cafes where the crime occurred on December 4, police said on Saturday.
Police traced the girl within hours of registering the complaint. The accused, identified as Rihan Gulab Shaikh, was arrested based on the girl's complaint. Two others are owners of two cafes where the crime occurred, police said.
Police registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), POCSO Act, and the Prevention of Atrocities Act, an official said.
