Dejected lover throws acid on woman in Bengaluru; Investigation underway
Bengaluru: A man has reportedly thrown acid on a 23-year-old woman for rejecting his love proposal on Thursday morning in Bengaluru here.
The man who has been identified by the victim as Nagesh, reportedly threw acid on the woman before leaving for work at Sunkadakatte on Thursday morning.
It is learned that Nagesh was pestering the woman to accept his proposal for a while before he proceeded with the alleged acid attack. However, the woman was not willing to reciprocate Nagesh’s feelings and had rejected his proposal on the night before the attack, police sources said.
Vexed by the woman’s rejection, Nagesh threw acid on the woman and fled from the spot the next day, locals said.
The victim sustained burn injuries on her neck, chest and legs and is currently being treated at a hospital in the city.
A case in this regard has been registered at the Kamakshipalya police station. DCP West Division Sanjiv Patil said that the police are tracing the suspect.
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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.
