Mangaluru, Oct 14 : Miscreants allegedly followed the car of MLA Harish Poonja on the outskirts of the city Thursday evening and flashed swords from their vehicle, police sources said.
A case has been registered at the Bantwal rural police station in Dakshina Kannada district based on the complaint from the MLA’s driver.
Poonja, representing Belthangady Assembly constituency, was returning from Bengaluru to Belthangady when the incident took place.
In his complaint, driver of MLA’s official car Naveen, 26, said that MLA Harish Poonja had been to Bengaluru on October 12 and had arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday at 7.07pm. The MLA travelled in the car to Circuit House in Mangaluru and attended a meeting. Later, at 10.45pm, he left in a private car with his relatives Prashanth and Kushith.
The private car was moving ahead of his official car. When the MLA’s official car reached Naguri Railway Overbridge, a white SUV started following it. The driver who noticed it, informed the MLA over the phone. The MLA in turn had asked the driver to follow the car that he was travelling.
However, the miscreant who was following the MLA’s car overtook the car that the MLA was travelling and later waylaid the car near Farangipet fish market and abused driver Kushith and issued threats to him by allegedly showing a weapon at around 11.15 pm. Naveen, the driver of the MLA’s car, immediately parked the car near the police outpost at Farangipet. After issuing threats, the driver of the vehicle drove away towards B C Road.
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