Bengaluru: Congress MLA's son assaults man at pub; CM steps in says 'no one above law'

A FIR has been registered against Bengaluru District Youth Congress General Secretary Mohammed Haris Nalapad and ten others for allegedly beating up a person in a restaurant in Bengaluru's UB City & threatening him at a hospital where he later went for treatment.

According to the FIR registered by the complainant Praveen Venkatachalaiah, he and his friend Vidvat (24) had been to Farzi Cafe on Saturday night for dinner, when the incident occurred.

The man has been identified as Vidwath, Dollars Colony resident. It is learnt that the victim along with his friends were having dinner at the high-end restaurant in UB City when Mohammad Nalapad and his friends walked in at 11:30pm. 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.

Reacting to the incident, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the offenders would be punished "regardless of who they are".

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