Four held for attempting to assault cops
Case against 10 persons including Vittla town panchayat member
Bantwala, July 08: Vittla police on Sunday arrested four persons on charges of obstructing the police from discharging their duty and attempting to assault them.
The arrested are identified as Praveen, Ganesh, Aneesh and Akshath. Based on a complaint by police station employee Prasanna Kumar, the police booked a case against ten members including Vittle town panchayat member Srikrishna and his brother Srihari.
About the incident
When police personnel S Ashok, Prasanna Kumar and Jayanth were on their night duty at around 12.30 am, a team of ten members including Srikrishna were making merry at old bus stand and creating nuisance in an inebriated condition. When the police asked them to leave the place as it was a public place, one among ten persons threatened the police and spit the cigarette smoke on their face. At this time, another person in the group snatched the mobile phone of Ashok who was recording the incident and stopped him from doing his duty. The police said that they even had tried to assault them.
As soon as the police summoned more force from the police station, the accused fled the scene leaving the mobile phone behind. A case was registered at Vittla police station.
One among the accused is town panchayat member backed by BJP. Now, four accused were arrested, said SP Ravikanthe Gowda.
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US Consulate in Dubai reportedly attacked
Dubai: Smoke was seen rising from an area near the United States Consulate in Dubai, according to witness accounts cited by Reuters.
There was no immediate official confirmation on the extent of damage or whether there were any casualties in the incident.
Earlier, the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, was also attacked. Authorities reported damage to the premises, but no casualties were recorded.
The developments come amid heightened tensions in the region, with Iran continuing to target US interests in the Middle East following deadly attacks launched on Saturday by Israel and the United States.
Near US embassy in Dubai pic.twitter.com/z5VTZNVxNO
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