Koppal: Drunk truck driver mows down pilgrim, injures three people
Accident caught on CCTV camera
Koppal, Jul 25: A truck driver under the influence of liquor ran the vehicle over the pilgrims sleeping near a temple in Koppal killing an elderly man on the spot and injuring three others, police said.
Police have arrested the truck driver Srinivas, who hails from Ballari.
Pilgrims from the town and neighbouring places had come to attend the Huligemma Devi Temple fair on Sunday, when the mishap occured.
The pilgrims who met with the accident hailed from Siruguppa town in Ballari. They were sleeping on the temple street in front of a bangle shop.
The truck driver under the influence of liquor pressed the accelerator and the vehicle ran over 75-year-old Thippanna. The tragic incident was caught on the CCTV camera, police said.
The injured have been identified as Hanumavva, Mallavva and Tukaram. After the incident, the driver fled the spot with the vehicle. The police arrested him later.
The Munirabad police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against Srinivas.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
