MLA

Central Crime Branch

Nalapad

Parappana Agrahara

nalpd

At the end, I can say that I have seen Nalapad and 10-15 associates assaulted Vidvat with glass bottles and ice buckets. The seven people arrested in the case were present at the time of the incident and assaulted Vidvat. Statement of Rekha Ghosh, VP, Massive Restaurants Pvt Ltd

Mohammed Nalapad

Chargesheet claims’s son and gang attacked them when they tried to interveneThe’s recently filed chargesheet against Mohamed Harisand his associates in the Farzi café brawl has revealed that the MLA’s son and gang did not leave only their main target Vidvat Lokanathan injured in the incident. Turns out they didn’t spare even the café employees, who tried to rescue Vidvat.Rekha Ghosh (46), Vice President of operations and administration of Massive Restaurants Pvt Ltd that runs Farzi Cafe, was advised 10-day bed rest after she sustained cut injuries and swellings on her wrist and forearm while she was trying to pacify Nalapad and his accomplices. The CCTV grabs collected by the cops show Ghosh making a futile request to Nalapad with folded hands to stop assaulting Vidvat after they started hitting him with ice buckets and glass bottles. The 393-page document submitted to the court also has medical records of Ghosh as evidence apart from her statement where she narrates the incident and identifies Nalapad.The police have built their case with 75 witnesses, including eye witnesses at the cafe along with medical and forensic experts involved in the case. Nalapad, the son of Shantinagar legislator NA Haris, has been lodged atfrom February 21. He had surrendered before Cubbon Park police on February 19, a day after the incident.“The chargesheet has 21 eye witnesses narrating the incident at various stages in which Nalapad and his accomplices assault Vidvat over and over again after a minor altercation. The statements are all supported with electronic and scientific evidence,” said Shyam Sundar, legal counsel for Vidvat.As per the evidence collected by the police, mainly CCTV footage of the incident, it is revealed that Nalapad snapped and started assaulting Vidvat less than a minute after he stepped on his injured foot. The CCTV grab also clearly captures Nalapad slapping Vidvat at least five times all the time pointing to his feet and asking him to kiss it. The chargesheet also says Vidvat hit Nalapad only once and threw water on him and his friends when they were attacking him with. The bouncers at Farzi café managed to take Vidvat out of the café, but he was forcefully taken back from the ground floor by six men who continued to assault and hit him while Nalapad was inside the bar counter inside the café.“At the end, I can say that I have seen Nalapad and 10-15 associates assaulted Vidvat with glass bottles and ice buckets. The seven people arrested in the case were present at the time of the incident and assaulted Vidvat,” reads an excerpt of Ghosh’s statement.When BM contacted Ghosh, she confirmed that she was injured in the scuffle but refused to divulge any more details.had arrived at the café on February 17 at around 10.30 pm with 10 of his associates. Vidvat and his friends were already inside the café. Nalapad bought a champagne and was walking next to Vidvat’s table when he brushed against Vidvat’s leg, which was in a cast.The main assailants involved in the attack have been identified as Mohammed Afraz Ahsraf, Arun babu, Balakrishna, Manjunath, Jawarand Nafi Mohammed Nasar and the remaining are yet to arrested.The witness list also include Guru Rajkumar from the Rajkumar family, Abhishek Gowda, son of actor turned politician MH Ambareesh and also Vidvat’s friends, who later took him to the hospital. Nalapad’s bail plea is expected to come before the court later today.