Chamarajanagar: Three family members killed, one injured in car-bike collision near Begur
Chamarajanagar: Three members of a family were killed, and another person was injured in a road accident near Hirikati Gate, outside Begur town in Gundlupet taluk, on Tuesday night. A speeding car collided head-on with their motorbike as they were returning home after visiting a temple.
The deceased have been identified as Shashidhar (28), who was riding the bike, his wife Shalini (22), and his mother Bhagyamma (50), all residents of Kudlapur village in Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district.
Another motorbike behind theirs was also affected as the car brushed against it, injuring Rajanna (40) of Hemmaragala village in Nanjangud taluk. He is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Begur Police rushed to the spot upon receiving information and conducted an inquest. The bodies were shifted to Begur Primary Health Centre for post-mortem examination.
According to the police, the family had visited the temple at Chikkadevamma Hills in HD Kote, Mysuru district, and was returning home when the accident occurred. The car, which was traveling in the opposite direction at high speed, collided with their motorbikes.
The police have taken the vehicles involved into custody and are carrying out further investigations.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
