Bantwala, September 21: A team of miscreants attacked a labourer and tried to kill him by setting him ablaze by pouring kerosene, near Narsha at Kolnadu village in the taluk on Thursday night.

The victim is identified as Bheemesh (48), of Muttalagere in Badami taluk of Bagalkot district. The victim said that the miscreants have attacked him as he has given a statement against them in an old case. Bheemesh was attacked when he was at the farm house of industrialist Suleiman Haji at the village.

On Thursday at 9.35 pm, Bheemesh was having his dinner along with his wife Kusuma at the farm house at KP Bail. At this time, local Abdul Khader asked Bheemesh to come to the gate. When Bheemesh reached the gate, around 15 members team attacked him. Kadu Mustafa, Puttu alias Adrama, Kadmar Abdul Kareem, KP Bail Khader and others thrashed him black and blue and tried to set him ablaze after pouring kerosene on him, Bheemesh said in his complaint.

When the miscreants were about to lit the fire, Bheemesh escaped from the group and took a shelter in a nearby house. But the miscreants reached the house with the lethal weapons. Noticing it, Bheemesh took the help of a local person and reached his owner’s house. Later, he was admitted to Vittla community hospital and a complaint was lodged at Vittla police station.

A case was registered against those miscreants a year ago on charges of demolishing the compound wall around the land of the Singari Suleiman at Narsha and now, the case is in the court. Bheemesh was the main witness for this case. As he was the prime witness, the miscreants have decided to finish him, it is said.

Senior police officers visited the spot and investigating it.

 

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Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the interim relief given to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh till March 9, in a case related to mimicking a character from the movie, 'Kantara Chapter-1', and allegedly mocking a deity.

The actor had approached the High Court seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for mimicking Rishab Shetty's role as 'Chavunda' deity in the movie.

While mimicking, Singh had called the deity a "ghost". The actor was asked to appear before the court in person on Monday.

Appearing on behalf of the actor, his counsel Sajjan Poovayya said Singh was stuck in London and was unable to reach Bengaluru due to the conflict in West Asia.

The complainant, who is a lawyer, alleged that his religious sentiments were hurt by calling the deity a ghost. On the directions of a local Court, the police registered a case against the actor.

The High Court on February 24 granted interim relief to the actor with directions to the police not to take any coercive steps against him.