FIR against MLA Harish Poonja for threatening police at Belthangady
Belthangady: A case has been registered at Belthangady Police station against MLA Harish Poonja for using vulgar words to abuse and humiliate the police inspector and the department at Belthangady on Tuesday. Poonja is also accused of leveling serious threats at the police personnel by saying that the station would meet the same fate as the police station at DJ Halli-KJ Halli, a reference to 2020 Bangalore riots.
MLA Harish Poonja had led a protest in front of the Belthangady Vikas Soudha, without taking any police permission, against the arrest of rowdy sheeter Shashiraj Shetty, in connection with an illegal stone quarry near Melanthabettu.
During the protest Poonja had allegedly said that, to protect arrested BJP workers, he would ‘hold the collars’ of police and threatened that the same fate as the DJ Halli-KJ Halli police station would be meted out to the Belthangady station. The two-time MLA is also accused of using abusive words against the department and the police personnel. During the protest, public could not access the services of the taluk office, sources said. A case has been registered against the MLA with serial no 58/2024 under the IPC column 143, 147, 34, 504, 506 and 149, the Police Superintendent stated.
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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.
