Bengaluru: More than 36 hours after assaulting a youth at a restaurant in UB City, Mohammed Nalapad Haris, son of MLA N.A. Haris, surrendered at Cubbon Park Police Station this morning.
Nalapad, wearing a cap, arrived at the Police Station in an auto. Haris supporters claim that he has surrendered but the Police claim that they arrested him.
After pressure from the media and the Opposition parties, the Police were forced to take him into custody. The Bengaluru cops have booked him under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) for the attack. Earlier, the BJP and the JD(S) claimed that the Police are trying to dilute the charges by booking him under weaker sections of the IPC.
The incident came to light after parents of the victim L. Vidwath lodged a complaint at Cubbon Park Police Station.
However, he was not arrested on Sunday as the accused, a leader of Youth Congress was absconding.
Victim L. Vidwath before and after the assault.
The victim, a resident of Dollars Colony, was having dinner at a high-end restaurant in UB City when Mohammed Nalapad and his friends walked in at 11:30 pm.
The group reportedly told Vidwath, who had a plaster on one of his legs, to “sit properly”.
After a heated exchange, Nalapad and his friends allegedly attacked Vidwath and beat him up. The victim was rushed to the nearby Mallya Hospital for treatment, but the group reportedly followed him there and allegedly beat him up again. Nalapad and his friends allegedly also tried to attack the victim’s brother.
Nalapad, the Bangalore District Youth Congress General Secretary, was expelled from the party for six years hours after he and 10 of his supporters were booked for the assault.
Circle Inspector of Cubbon Park, Vijay Hadagali, has been suspended for allegedly helping the MLA’s son and the ACP Manjunath Talawar has been transferred to Police Commissioner’s Office for dereliction of duty.
But the dramatic surrender of Nalapad has raised many questions. After the incident, Haris had claimed that his6 son was hiding somewhere without his knowledge. Later, he promised to make him surrender before the Police. According to insiders, Nalapad was hiding at a 5-star hotel with his father’s full knowledge. Some claim that he was hiding at his own house. But the City Police did not even bother to raid the house of the MLA.
It is so unfortunate that such people are a blot to the society! Police can’t handle them due to their powerful parents! They have to pull this eyewash to make it look like they are following the law!
A similar incident was reported when one of the JDS stalwart politicians drunk son and his Goonda friends created beat up the hotel owner and the server one Kate night because the biriyani was cold ! The poor hotel staff watched in horror and police could not even dare to take the complaint to avoid any consequences on their life! You may age guessed who it was!
Another one congress politicians son parked his huge car in front of my gate and when my neighbors objected, he threatened us to send us to jail on a false complaint!
All these people have their parents and police on their side! So, common people have no protection!
So true.
This Bastard should be in Prision for at least 15 years, for the Goonda act.
This mallu son of a gun should be castrated and mofo should be hung by a shoe lace.
Common man will turn murderer if justice will not be done by authority, force, state or law.
It has become a common practice that MLA, Corporator and their Chamchas, children, kith and kin of this people think that they are the rulers of their area.
Upon this, the police(it will not be fare to say all but some of them for sure) stand with them as they get monthly perks from them, if not direct or indirect benefits from them.
It is not the fault of politician or his son, it is the fault of us and system that we made them celebrities for no reason. Around all politicians more than 10 scoundrels, past rowdies, and criminals will be their kith and kin, so what you expect from them ?
It is us who have make them celebrity and they take advantage of it.
Unfortunately, there is no limit to the lawlessness and rowdism by kith and kin of congress and jd(s) politicians, corporators and their agents. Its a different matter if they fight with each other or other political parties, but it is a shame they are showing their heroism against common men and powerless citizens who have no dealing with them. Tomorrow any such political son of scoundrels can beat up or kill anyone at a random place for a random interaction, and all we can do is just watch helplessly. My sympathies are with the parents and relatives of the victim Mr.Vidyut. Shame on police who claim to be tough.
Dear Informed,
Do not be bias on this as well, be fair, it is same in all party, don’t you remember that Ananth kumar Hegde assaulting doctor ??
I am glad you remember that ‘alleged’ incident that never happened! That should exonerate the congress thugs in this crime who broke his jaws and nearly broke a persons skull!
I am glad you remember that ‘alleged’ incident that never happened! That should exonerate the congress thugs in this crime who broke his jaws and nearly broke a persons skull! Ananth Kumar hedge is RSS, so, any lies can be fabricated against him because your supreme leader believes only Hindu terrorism exists in this world and RSS members are all terrorists
So news channels made that video and published.. I feel petty on you guys seriously