Gadag: IPS officer’s brother accused of drunken misconduct at police station
Gadag: A late-night incident at the Betageri Police Station in Gadag has sparked public outrage after the brother of an IPS officer allegedly entered the premises in an inebriated state, behaved inappropriately with police personnel, and obstructed their duties.
The accused, identified as Akshat Haddannavar, brother of IPS officer Anita Haddannavar, reportedly arrived at the station in a car along with an associate and engaged in rowdy behaviour. Witnesses claim that he parked his car in the designated space for the CPI and PSI, forcing the officers to leave their vehicles outside on the roadside. He allegedly used singular and abusive language towards officers and staff.
According to locals, Akshat also got into an altercation with people near the station, declaring that he was a lawyer and questioning their authority to act against him.
Despite the allegations of obstruction of duty and verbal abuse, police reportedly conducted only a drink-and-drive test before letting him go. This has led to public anger, with residents questioning whether the law is being applied differently for the relatives of senior officers compared to ordinary citizens.
An investigation into the incident is yet to be confirmed by the authorities.
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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.
