BJP ex-MP Anant Kumar Hegde, three others booked for assualt, threat
Bengaluru: Former BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde, his gunman, driver, and an unidentified person have been booked for assault and issuing a threat to a family after intercepting their car, police said on Tuesday.
The incident allegedly occurred on Monday evening.
According to a complaint filed by Saif Khan, a resident of Halenahalli in Bengaluru, the four men travelling in a car — including Hegde — allegedly intercepted his vehicle near Suttariya College on the Tumakuru-Bengaluru National Highway and assaulted him.
Khan stated that he and his family were returning in a car from a wedding in Tumakuru when their vehicle was surrounded and forced to stop. The assailants allegedly claimed to be officials, then proceeded to assault Khan, his brother Salman Khan, his mother Gulmeer Unnisa, and uncle Ilyas Khan, according to the complaint.
The FIR mentions that communal slurs were hurled, life threats were issued, and a firearm was brandished. Salman Khan's teeth allegedly got broken, while Ilyas Khan suffered injuries in the attack.
Police did not divulge the reason behind the assault.
Dobbespet Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) based on the complaint.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
