Hiriyadka: Police have arrested two men in connection with a violent attack on a bike rider in the Hiriyadka police limits, where the victim was assaulted with a sword in an alleged attempt to kill him.

The arrested have been identified as Manjunand Hegde (49) of Kanajar Parari Mane and Jagadish Hegde (48) of Koppala. Police have also seized an iron rod said to have been used during the attack. Both accused were produced before court and have been remanded to judicial custody.

The incident took place on the night of Nov. 15. According to the complaint, Shivraj was returning home on his bike after work when he was stopped near Koppala in Kanajar village by Manjunand Hegde. Manjunand allegedly struck him on the head with a sword, causing him to fall off the bike, and continued the assault with the weapon.

The complaint further states that Jayananad Hegde, Chandrahas Hegde and a group of 7–8 others were present and also attempted to attack the victim. A case was registered at Hiriyadka Police Station.

During investigation, a police team led by Hiriyadka PSI Puneeth Kumar arrested accused Jagadish on Nov. 17. Police later learnt that main accused Manjunand Hegde had admitted himself as an inpatient at Ajjarkad District Hospital after the incident. Once discharged, he was arrested on Nov. 18.

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Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.

The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.

"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.

"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.

Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.

As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.

Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.

Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.

He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.

Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".