Driver of Min Hebbalkar’s son attacked by miscreants, sustains stabs on multiple parts of body
Belagavi: The driver of Mrinal Hebbalkar, son of Karnataka Minister of Women and Child Welfare Lakshmi Hebbalkar, was reportedly stabbed by miscreants at four parts of the body, in an incident reported from the city.
The injured Basavanth Kadolkar (32), a native of Belagundi village of Belagavi taluk, is said to have been standing beside the car that he had parked on Club Road when two men, who came down the road in a motorbike, suddenly attacked him.
The miscreants stabbed Kadolkar in four places, including his chest, shoulder and thigh, before escaping.
The grievously injured driver was rushed to a private hospital in Belagavi, where he is being treated.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Assistant Commissioner of Police and other senior police officers visited the hospital. In addition, Mrinal Hebbalkar arrived at the hospital and inquired about the health condition of his driver.
The incident reportedly occurred within the jurisdictional limits of Camp Police Station, where an FIR has been registered. The police 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.
