The Belagavi city police have registered a case against Channaraj Hattiholi, Congress MLC and four others, on charges of assaulting a BJP worker over an old dispute.
The first information report registered at the APMC police station names Mr. Hattiholi, younger brother of Laxmi Hebbalkar, Minister for Women and Child Welfare, his followers Sujit Jadhav and M. Saddam and two security personnel attached to him.
The accused face charges under sections 143, 147 , 148, 323, 324, 504, 506, and some provisions of the Prevention of Atrocities against SC/ST Communities Act.