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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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
