Belagavi: Clash over ₹500 ends in murder, two arrested
Belagavi: A dispute over just ₹500 led to the murder of a man in Yallur village, Belagavi taluk.
The deceased has been identified as Husen Gaus Saab Tasewale (45) of Yallur village. Police have arrested two accused from the same village, Mithun and Manoj.
According to Police Commissioner Bhushan Borase, Husen and the accused worked together in construction scrap work.
On Saturday night, an argument broke out near Husen’s house over giving him ₹500 from scrap sale proceeds. During the altercation, the accused allegedly hit Husen in his private parts, leading to his death.
A case has been registered at Belagavi Rural Police Station, and the two accused are currently under further interrogation.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
