Laxman Savadi, his son, six others booked for assault on DCC Bank workers’ union head in Athani
Belagavi: Athani Police have registered an FIR against eight people, including Congress legislator Laxman Savadi and his son Chidananda Savadi, under charge of having assaulted Ningappa Karennavar, President of the Belagavi District Central Cooperative (BDCC) Bank Workers’ Union.
An injured Karennavar, reportedly filed a complaint with Athani Police while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Belagavi. He has stated that the accused had called him to their house and verbally and physically abused him. He has added that Savadi slapped him on the face and his son Chidananda hit him on the waist. As he fell down due to the force of the assault, seven to eight more people attacked him.
The union leader has told the police that he was also threatened by the accused on the occasion.
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An FIR has been registered by Athani Police under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Act Sections 189(2), 191(2), 115(2), 351(2), 352 and 190.
The officers are investigating the incident.
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Chose different path but did not break relationship: Uddhav Thackeray on Ajit Pawar
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday condoled Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash, and said even though the NCP chief chose a different path in politics, he did not let their relationship suffer.
In a post on X, the former chief minister said in Pawar's death, he has lost a steadfast leader and an excellent former cabinet colleague.
As finance minister, Pawar was an extremely disciplined leader with a firm grip on his department, he said.
Ajit Pawar had served as deputy CM in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government from 2019 to 2022.
"We developed a special bond as colleagues. Ajit Pawar was open-hearted. He would speak his mind. He was not someone who held a grudge for long. Even though he chose a different path in politics, he did not let our relationship break," Uddhav Thackeray said.
Pawar broke away from the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in 2023 and joined the BJP-led NDA, a move which split the Nationalist Congress Party.
He was known as a leader who valued his party workers, and he was truly a 'Dada' (elder brother), Thackeray said, as he offered tributes to Ajit Pawar on behalf of the Thackeray family and Shiv Sena (UBT).
His son and former minister Aaditya Thackeray described Pawar's death as shocking. "Words fail me," he said, adding that he had the opportunity to work with Ajit Pawar for five-six years, first in the government and then in the opposition.
"His commanding grip on legislative affairs and his affectionate nature won over many like me. Even when I was in the opposition, I had publicly said this many times," Aaditya said.
