Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja released on station bail after inquiry in two cases
Belthangady: Legislator Harish Poonja, who had surrendered to the Belthangady Police on Wednesday night, was released on station bail a couple of hours later, after he submitted to police inquiry in connection to two cases against him.
Belthangady Police had registered a case against Poonja on May 19 for creating ruckus at the police station the previous night over the arrest of BJP Yuva Morcha president Shashiraj Shetty in an illegal quarrying case. A second case had been booked against the MLA on May 21 for having staged a protest without permission outside the Vikasa Soudha in Belthangady on May 20, opposing Shetty’s arrest.
The Belthangady Police officers visited Poonja’s residence in town on Wednesday for a questioning in the cases. As a safety measure, policemen were placed outside the house throughout the day.
A large number of BJP activists, including Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and BJP MLAs, who suspected the arrest of the MLA, also gathered outside Poonja’s house and raised slogans against the Karnataka government. Poonja’s advocate Shambhu Sharma asked the police to issue a notice for the legislator to attend the inquiry.
Belthangady Police sent two notices to Poonja on Wednesday evening, summoning him for inquiry in the cases, after which, the legislator visited the police station with BJP District President Satish Kumpala and other leaders of the party. Post-inquiry, Poonja was released on station bail, the police officers have said.
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Hezbollah fires over 180 rockets, other projectiles into Israel, wounding at least 7
Beirut, Nov 24: Hezbollah fired at least 185 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in the group's heaviest barrage in several days, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war.
Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army centre killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on the southwestern coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura, Lebanon's military said. Israel's military expressed regret and said the strike occurred in an area of combat against Hezbollah, adding that its operations are directed solely against the Hezbollah group. The strike was under review.
Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines.
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, condemned the latest strike as an assault on US-led cease-fire efforts, calling it a “direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts” to end the war.
