Kalaburagi: Extortion case accused arrested after being shot in the leg
Kalaburagi: In a dramatic incident on Tuesday evening near Jafarabad Cross on the Ring Road, police opened fire on an accused linked to an extortion case registered at the Suburban Police Station. The case is associated with an incident near Vaishno Devi Temple in Kalaburagi.
The accused, identified as Imtiaz Makkbhul Gini (28), a known rowdy sheeter, sustained a gunshot injury to his leg. Imtiaz, who works as a fruit vendor, was named as the fourth suspect after investigations led to his involvement. The police had already arrested three individuals in connection with the case.
When officers attempted to take Imtiaz into custody, he allegedly attacked them with a knife. In response, Basavaraj, PSI of the Suburban Police Station, opened fire, hitting Imtiaz in the leg to neutralize the threat. The accused was then arrested.
According to a statement from the Commissioner’s Office, Imtiaz has a criminal history with 10 cases against him, including charges of attempted murder, assault, and extortion, in Kalaburagi city and Hyderabad.
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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.
