Belthangady: MLA Harish Poonja surrenders before Police
Belthangady: Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja surrendered before the Belthangady police station around 9.30 pm on Wednesday, following high drama at his residence throughout the day.
Throughout the day, activists prevented the police from taking the MLA into custody. As a result, the police had to issue a summons notice for him to appear at the station. Finally, around 9:30 pm, MLA Harish Poonja voluntarily surrendered at the Belthangady Police Station.
Case was registered against Harish Poonja under IPC sections 143, 147, 34, 504, 506 and 149 at the Belthangady Police station for allegedly abusing and threatening the police personnel on Monday.
On May 18, Poonja along with his supporters sat on a dharna at the police station and also reportedly abused cops, condemning the arrest of a local BJP leader in an illegal stone quarry mining case on Saturday night.
In addition, the MLA had also led a protest in front of the Belthangady Vikas Soudha, allegedly without seeking any police permission. Poonja is also accused of threatening the police personnel by stating that the station (Belthangady) would meet the same fate as the police station at DJ Halli-KJ Halli in Bengaluru, which were attacked during a communal riots in 2020.
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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.
