Mangaluru: One held for allegedly following MLA Harish Poonja's car, flashing sword at him
It was a case of road rage, no other angle to it, says DK SP
Bantwal: Local Police on Friday arrested one person for allegedly chasing the car of Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja and flashing a sword at his car on Thursday evening in Bantwal.
The arrested accused has been identified as Riyaz (38), a resident of Falnir in the city. The Scorpio car in which he chased the MLA’s car has also been seized by the police. The accused and the car have both been identified by the complainant, the police said.
According to the reports, Harish Poonja’s car driver Naveen had filed a police complaint on Thursday evening at the Bantwal Police Station alleging that an unidentified man had chased their car and had flashed swords from his Scorpio car on Thursday.
Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police on Friday said that there was no criminal case registered against the accused in any police station and no weapon/sword was recovered from him. The SP further added that the incident took place when the accused was overtaking MLA’s car and a verbal altercation ensued over not letting him overtake and move further.
"It was a matter of road rage. There is no other angle to this and no weapon has been recovered from the accused." the SP said.
In the complaint, the driver had alleged while returning from Bengaluru and heading towards Belthangady, a Scorpio car followed MLA’s vehicle and shouted at them before flashing swords and fleeing near Firangepete.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
