Video showing BJP leader's son, friends assaulting toll booth staffer goes viral in Karnataka
Vijayapura (PTI): A CCTV footage, purportedly showing a BJP leader's son and his friends assaulting and verbally abusing a staffer at a toll booth on the Vijayapura-Kalaburagi highway after being asked to pay the toll, has gone viral, police said on Friday.
The incident, which purportedly occurred at Kannoli on Thursday, was captured on a CCTV camera, they said.
In the video that went viral on social media, the BJP leader Vijugouda Patil's son Samarthgouda and his friends were seen assaulting and abusing the toll booth staffer, police added.
According to police, Samarthgouda and his friends were travelling from Vijayapura to Sindagi in a vehicle. When they were stopped at the toll booth and asked to pay the toll, Samarthgouda allegedly told the staffer, "Do you know who I am? I am the son of BJP leader Vijugouda Patil."
When the staffer asked, "Which Vijugouda?", Samarthgouda and his friends assaulted and abused him, as seen in the video, police said.
Other toll booth staff intervened to prevent the situation from escalating. In the incident, Sangappa, a toll staffer, sustained injuries and was rushed to the Sindagi Taluk Hospital, police said.
"We have not received any complaint from the toll staff in this regard yet," a senior police officer said.
"Do you know who my father is?"
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Karnataka BJP leader Vijayagouda Patil’s son Samarthgouda Patil thrashes toll staffer for asking him to pay toll fee & saying he doesn't know who his father Vijayagouda was. Incident at the Vijayapura–Kalaburagi toll near Kannolli. pic.twitter.com/NV78bcD2x4
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Bomb threat at Mangaluru RTO turns out to be hoax
Mangaluru (PTI): A search operation was carried out at the Regional Transport Office here on Monday after the office received a bomb threat email, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.
The email was received on Sunday night but came to the notice of the authorities only on Monday afternoon, following which immediate precautionary measures were taken, they said.
According to police, the RTO office staff were evacuated as a safety measure, and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad was pressed into service to conduct a meticulous search of the building.
Police personnel and the dog squad were also deployed at the spot.
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“The email claimed that bombs were kept in the RTO office. The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad checked the premises thoroughly and no suspicious object was found. It was a hoax email,” a senior police officer said.
Officials said the authorities are treating the incident seriously and have launched an investigation to trace the source of the email.
“A case has been registered at the South police station in this regard and further investigation is underway,” he added.
