The Belagavi metropolis police have registered a case in opposition to Channaraj Hattiholi, Congress MLC and 4 others, on fees of assaulting a BJP employee over an outdated dispute.
The primary data report registered on the APMC police station names Mr. Hattiholi, youthful brother of Laxmi Hebbalkar, Minister for Girls and Little one Welfare, his followers Sujit Jadhav and M. Saddam and two safety personnel hooked up to him.
The accused face fees below sections 143, 147 , 148, 323, 324, 504, 506, and a few provisions of the Prevention of Atrocities in opposition to SC/ST Communities Act.
Prithvi Singh, 55, BJP chief and member of BJP SC morcha, claimed on Monday that he suffered a deadly assault by Mr. Hattiholi’s henchmen. In a grievance to the police on Tuesday, the sufferer’s son Jasveer Singh mentioned that Sujit Jadhav attacked him whereas Mr. Hattiholi and others supported the offence.
“When my father was in the Congress, he was on very good terms with Ms. Hebbalkar and Mr. Hattiholi. They took our building on lease for the Assembly 2018 campaign. But they violated the lease conditions. When we asked them about it, they harassed us. In the meantime, my father joined the BJP and was elected to the BJP SC morcha. Mr. Hattiholi abused our caste and gave us death threats. He also supported the offence when his supporter Sujit Jadhav stabbed my father with a knife,” the complainant mentioned.
In the meantime, Ramesh Jarkiholi, former Minister and BJP chief visited Prithvi Singh within the hospital. He instructed journalists that he would touch upon it solely after a police investigation.
Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, accused Ms. Hebbalkar and Mr. Hattiholi of working a lawless administration in Belagavi.