Bantwal: Vitla Police on Friday arrested the prime accused of assault case of youngster where he was assaulted by three people and was forced to chant Jai Shri Ram, video of which had gone viral on local social media platforms.

The arrested accused has been identified as Dinesh (25), a resident of Kanyan and local Bajrang Dal leader. Legal action has also been initiated against the three other accused who were accompanying Dinesh during the assault.

On April 21, a 17-year old PUC 1 student was intercepted by Dinesh and three others who then assaulted him and forced him to chant Jai Shri Ram before robbing his pockets in a school campus here.

According to the reports, several cases are registered against Dinesh at Vitla police station including one for assaulting a religious scholar.

A special team led by Dy.SP Valentine D’Souza supervised by Dakshina Kannada SP Dr. Laxmiprasad was investigating the case after registering a complaint in this regard after the video of the incident had gone viral on Wednesday.

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Hukkeri (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh after running away from Amethi and predicted that he will lose the polls there against the BJP candidate by a huge margin.

He also said former AICC President Sonia Gandhi's multiple attempts to "launch" Rahul Gandhi had failed and claimed that this was the twenty-first attempt.

The top BJP leader addressed a public meeting here in Belagavi district for party candidate from Chikkodi Lok Sabha segment Annasaheb Jolle.

"Modi ji tried and at once Chandrayaan (mission to Moon) got launched. Sonia Gandhi has launched this 'yaan' named Rahul Baba (Rahul Gandhi) twenty times, but her launching has not been successful. Today for the twenty-first time, running away from Amethi, he has filed nomination from Raebareli," Shah said.

He said, "Rahul Baba, I'm telling the result of Raebareli from here. Against BJP's candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh, you will lose by a huge margin. Write down my words."

Rahul Gandhi is contesting the elections from the Raebareli seat in Uttar Pradesh, the constituency held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the last two decades.

Kishori Lal Sharma, a close aide of the Gandhi family, has been fielded from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, the party said in a statement on Friday.

The two seats will go to polls on May 20 in the fifth of the seven-phase general election.

Ending days of suspense, the party announced the candidates from the two seats on Friday.

Raebareli is a constituency which had earlier elected Rahul Gandhi's mother Sonia Gandhi, his grandmother Indira Gandhi and his grandfather Feroze Gandhi.

The constituency has also been represented by family members and friends of the Gandhi-Nehru family.

Rahul Gandhi has also contested the ongoing Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad in Kerala which went to polls on April 26.