Was Surathkal toll merged with Hejamady toll as protesters jolted your car, Hariprasad asks Kateel
Mangaluru: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council B K Hariprasad has mocked MP Nalin Kumar Kateel for the merger of the Surathkal toll with the Hejamady collection, asking Kateel if it was in revenge against the locals who had jolted his car during a recent protest.
Tweeting about the matter on Saturday, the MLC said that, while the residents of Coastal Karnataka have been fighting round the clock against the tollgate constructed illegally in Surathkal, Kateel, who is also the BJP state president, had been trying hard to retain the tollgate.
Hariprasad has asked Kateel, “Would you dare to disclose your desperate attempts in secrecy to retain the Surathkal tollgate?” also criticizing Kateel for lauding himself for the cancellation of toll collection in Surathkal, after which, the fare was merged with the Hejamady toll.
“Why do the BJP MP and MLAs in Coastal Karnataka support tollgates? What is your share in the toll collected?” Hariprasad asked, also calling the MP ‘shameless’ for having ‘betrayed’ the people and then praising himself.
The MLC opined that it was time to remove the MP from power, just as the tollgate in Surathkal was removed.
ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸಂಸದರು ಯಾವ ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಬೆನ್ನುತಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸಬೇಕು.
— Hariprasad.B.K. (@HariprasadBK2) November 26, 2022
ವಾಹನ ಸವಾರರ ಬೆವರಿನ ಹಣವನ್ನ ಜಿಗಣೆಯಂತೆ ರಕ್ತ ಹೀರುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್ ಟೋಲ್ಗೇಟ್ ರದ್ದು ಪಡಿಸಿ, ಹೆಜಮಾಡಿ ಟೋಲ್ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದುಪ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಸುಲಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ವಿಲೀನಗೊಳಿಸಿದ್ದಕ್ಕಾ?
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
