Mother-son duo allegedly attacked by policemen in Belagavi for not wearing helmet while riding
Belagavi: In an incident of alleged physical assault by police personnel, a rider and his mother were stopped and hit by policemen in Ankali village of Chikkodi taluk for not wearing helmets.
The injured Hrishikesh Limbigidad and his mother Susheela were traveling on the motorbike from Sangli in Maharashtra to Chikkodi, when they were intercepted by the police and questioned for not wearing helmets while riding. The policemen, who reportedly started assaulting Limbigidad on the spot, also attacked Susheela when she tried to intervene. The policemen are learned to have kicked Susheela and beat Limbigidad with their lathi after ripping off his shirt.
As Limbigidad reportedly collapsed out of a rise in blood pressure due to fear, the policemen clothed him in a new T-shirt and took him to hospital.
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Conspiracy afoot to 'tarnish' image of Dharmasthala: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said there was a “conspiracy” to tarnish the image of Dharmasthala.
His comments come amid an ongoing investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into serious allegations of mass burials in the revered temple town in Dakshina Kannada district.
“A conspiracy is being hatched to destroy hundreds of years of legacy. It is not correct to tarnish someone just like that. It has all happened due to one complainant,” he said.
Noting that some Congress MLAs have called for action against those involved in the slander campaign at the legislature party meeting, he said, “ I have told them that action must be taken against those who are indulging in a slander campaign. The CM has also said that action must be taken against such people.”
“I have information on this case. Religious feelings should not be hurt in any manner. Culprits must be punished,” he told reporters, according to a release from his office.
Responding to a question, Shivakumar said the Congress party will not allow the image of any religious place to be tarnished.
“We see everyone equally when it comes to religion,” he added.
The SIT, formed by the state government, is probing claims of mass murder, rape, and mass burials in Dharmasthala over the past two decades.
The complainant, a former sanitation worker whose identity has not been revealed, alleged that between 1995 and 2014 he was forced to handle bodies—including women and minors—and that some showed signs of sexual assault. He has given a statement before a magistrate.
As part of the probe, the SIT has been conducting exhumations at multiple locations identified by the complainant-witness in the forested areas along the banks of the Netravathi River in Dharmasthala, where some skeletal remains have been found at two sites so far.
