Group of 5 brutally attacks DMK leader MK Alagiri's aide Guruswamy in Bengaluru over old animosity
Bengaluru: A group of five people in the city brutally attacked VK Guruswamy, a resident of Madurai and a close associate of MK Alagiri, son of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi and leader of the DMK.
Guruswamy, who was grievously injured in the attack, is being treated at a hospital in Bengaluru and his condition is learned to be critical.
He was having tea at Hotel Sukh Sagar at Kammanahalli under the jurisdiction of the Banaswadi Police Station when the group, which had allegedly followed him in a car during his journey from Tamil Nadu to Bengaluru, barged into the hotel and attacked him with lethal weapons.
The police officers have said that Guruswamy has undergone a surgery at the hospital. "There was animosity for 35 years between Guruswamy and the group that attacked him. Several attempts had been made earlier too, to murder Guruswamy. On Monday, the group followed him all the way to Bengaluru and attacked him at the hotel. The scene of the assault has been recorded on the CCTV camera at the hotel and we are checking the footage," the police officers added.
DCP (East Division) Bheemashankar S Guled visited the crime spot for an investigation.
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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'
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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".
After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.
"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.
"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.
Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.
They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.
The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."
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