MP man beaten up by mob on suspicion of being child lifter
Chhattarpur (MP), Aug 3: A mob thrashed a man in Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday after suspecting him to be a child lifter, police said.
This is the third such mob attack in the district in the past three days, an official said.
"Rakesh Khatik (37) was going to Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh from Bandha. He alighted from the train for a break but got assaulted by people who thought he was a child lifter," Harpalpur police station official B Sharma said.
Sharma said Khatik suffered minor injuries, adding that a case was registered and efforts were on to nab those who attacked the man.
On Friday a mob beat up a hearing and speech-impaired person in Garroli area of Naugaon on suspicion of being a child lifter, Inspector Rakesh Sahu said.
On Thursday, a mentally-unwell woman was assaulted in Naugaon area over the same suspicion, he said. Both are undergoing treatment at nearby hospitals, Sahu added.
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K'taka bypolls: 11.87 percent voter turnout in Bagalkot, 9.01 percent in Davanagere South till 9 am
Bengaluru (PTI): In the first two hours since voting began for bypolls to two Bagalkot and Davanagere South assembly constituencies, the voter turnout stood at 11.87 percent and 9.01 percent, respectively, on Thursday.
The voting for the bypolls in two constituencies necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, began at 7 am, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said.
While the Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP is aiming to wrest them and deliver a setback to the ruling party, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
Officials said elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of bypolls.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
Samarth’s father, S S Mallikarjun, is a minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet and in charge of Davanagere district, while his mother, Prabha Mallikarjun, is a Member of Parliament from the region.
In the 2023 Assembly elections, H Y Meti defeated BJP’s Charantimath by a margin of 5,878 votes in Bagalkot, while Shivashankarappa defeated BJP’s B G Ajay Kumar by 27,888 votes in Davanagere South.
