Car-truck collision in Tumakuru: Narrow escape for Karnataka Minister Madhu Bangarappa
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Minister Madhu Bangarappa had a narrow escape when the car in which he was travelling collided head-on with a truck near Kyathasandra in Tumakuru district, police said on Thursday.
Madhu Bangarappa, who holds the Primary and Secondary Education portfolio, was returning from Shivamogga to Bengaluru late on Wednesday night when the accident took place, police said.
No one in the car was injured in this mishap, the police said, adding the Minister left for Bengaluru in another car.
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Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant shot at
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot at from close range by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, sources said.
The incident took place in the Madhyamgram area, where the victim, who serves as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was allegedly targeted on a public road, they said.
Rath sustained multiple bullet injuries in the firing and was rushed to a private hospital, sources added.
Soon after the incident, a large police contingent reached the spot and launched an investigation.
The motive behind the attack was not immediately known.
Senior police officers were present in the area, and efforts were on to identify and trace those involved in the shooting, sources said.
