Throwing chemical during victory celebration is not purposefully: SP
Tumkuru, September 4: The incident where the supporters of Congress leader Inayat Ullah who won from 16th ward in the city corporation during victory celebration, were injured in a chemical attack was not purposefully, said SP Dr Divya Gopinath.
Speaking to the reporters, she said that it was an accidental incident. The supporters of Inayat Ullah took out a victory procession from Koti Topu from ward number 16 and reached the 3rd cross in Barline road. At this moment, a person threw a liquid in a bottle on the gathering and in that incident, some of the party workers were injured. But it was mistaken as acid attack. A minor boy who is also the supporter of the candidate, took a plastic green colour bottle kept at the window of a house had mixed water and blue colour and while rotating it, it was spread on the group and some people including the boy injured in the incident, she said.
The bottle contained toilet cleaning acid. Without knowing that it was acid, the boy sprinkled it mixing with water and colour. It was not an intentional incident, she clarified.
Led by DySP K.R Chandrashekar, PSI Vijayalakshmi, PSI C.R Bhaskar and team interrogated the accused based on the video footage and confirmed it. She also appreciated the police personnel for identifying the reason for the incident. The liquid used during the incident was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory, she said.
Additional SP Dr Shobha Rani, and other police officers were present at the press conference.
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Congress’ downfall will start from Baramati if it doesn’t let Sunetra Pawar win unopposed: Bawankule
Nagpur (PTI): The Congress will have to face consequences if it doesn't allow NCP president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar to win the Baramati assembly bypoll unopposed, said minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday.
The party’s “downfall” will start from Baramati, he said, stressing that the people of Baramati and Maharashtra wish that she is elected unopposed, said the BJP leader.
The April 23 bye election was necessitated after the tragic death of deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who headed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), in a plane crash in Baramati on January 28. After his death, his wife Sunetra became the party president.
The NCP, BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are partners in the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state.
“The Congress will face consequences if it doesn’t let Sunetra win unopposed from Baramati. Its downfall will start from Baramati if it doesn’t withdraw its candidate,” Bawankule told reporters in Nagpur.
Amid efforts to ensure an unopposed contest, the Congress has fielded advocate Akash More for the bypoll.
The party had said that it would withdraw from the contest only if an FIR were registered in Ajit Pawar’s death in the Baramati plane crash.
Replying to another question, Bawankule said the BJP’s performance will be more robust in Assam and Kerala elections compared to the last assembly polls in these states. Assembly polls are being held in a single phase in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday.
“These elections will once again show Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership commanding support among the people,” he said.
