Kolnadu : Miscreants assault labourer, try to kill him after setting him ablaze
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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Rahul Gandhi joins Haryana Congress leader's 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'Sadbhav Yatra' of Haryana Congress leader Brijendra Singh here.
Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, reached Gurugram in the evening and joined the yatra. He also walked some distance with Brijendra, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh and other leaders.
Huge crowds had turned up for the occasion.
Later, Gandhi proceeded to the venue where he addressed a public gathering.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other Congress leaders, including Randeep Singh Surjewala, B K Hariprasad, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh, were also present.
Brijendra Singh had on Thursday said it is a matter of joy for them that Gandhi was joining the 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram-Badshahpur, "thereby strengthening the Indian National Congress' campaign for brotherhood and harmony".
The 'Sadbhav Yatra' began from Danoda village at Narwana in Jind on October 5, 2025, and has covered 85 of the 90 assembly segments in the state.
The foot march was started by Brijendra Singh, son of Congress veteran Birender Singh, to highlight several national and regional issues.
State Congress chief Rao Narender Singh had asked all party leaders to take part in Friday's event.
Days before his yatra began in October, Brijendra Singh, who narrowly lost the 2024 assembly polls from Jind's Uchana Kalan, accused the ruling BJP of playing "divisive politics" and said that "sadbhav" (harmony) has come under stress in the last decade.
Brijendra Singh was a sitting MP from Hisar for the BJP when he resigned ahead of the 2024 general election and switched over to the Congress. He also alleged that the saffron party creates a wedge in society to achieve its political purpose.
The 'padyatra' has so far covered 85 assembly constituencies in Haryana, traversing more than 2,700 kilometres.
Addressing the public gathering, Brijendra Singh said the yatra is inspired by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, where he took the party's vision and values directly to the people of the country.
Singh said the yatra has highlighted issues like "Vote Chori" (vote theft), unemployment, poor law and order situation, agrarian distress, and issues related to government employees, labourers and traders.
"Sadbhav (harmony) and bhaichara (brotherhood), which the BJP is attempting to weaken, are the messages of this yatra," he said, adding that its slogan is "Congress ka haath bhaichara ka saath".
"This yatra is a natural extension of the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Brijendra Singh said.
