Udupi, Feb 20: Close on the heels of Congress MLA N A Haris’ son Mohammed Haris Nalapad brutally assaulting a businessman, a Congress councillor from Udupi City Municipal Council along with his supporters has allegedly beat up two youths at Gundibailu in the coastal district over a property issue.
According to a complaint given by Ganesh Acharya (27) to the Udupi Town Police, he (Mr. Acharya) lived in Parkala and he got information from Raghavendra at around 9 a.m. on Sunday that someone was cutting trees on his property at Gundibailu. So, he and his brother, Pranesh, rushed to the spot.
When they reached there, they saw that municipal councillor, Ramesh Poojary, had trespassed into his property.
When Mr. Acharya asked him about the trees being cut on his property, Mr. Poojary abused him, grabbed him by his shirt collar, slapped him and threatened him.
He then hit them with a stone. At this point, Prakash Poojary, Kishore, Praveen and many others joined Mr. Ramesh Poojary in assaulting Mr. Acharya and Mr. Pranesh with their hands and also, stones.
The councillor and the others damaged the mobile telephones of both Mr. Acharya and Mr. Pranesh.
They also snatched their gold chains, Mr. Acharya has said in his complaint.
A case has been registered under Sections 341, 323, 324, 427, 447, 504, 506, 394 read with 149 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) as per the complaint given by Mr. Acharya at the Udupi Town Police Station. Investigation is on, the police said.
Due to the injuries suffered during the assault, Mr. Acharya got admitted to the District Government Hospital here on Sunday. He was discharged from the hospital on Monday.
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