Belagavi: Jayanth Mukund Tinekar, a social activist who brought a sensational fake stamp paper scam to light over two decades ago, and saved thousands of crores to the state exchequer, was attacked in Belagavi on Saturday.
The police are yet to ascertain the exact reason behind the attack. Belagavi police commissioner M B Boralingaiah said the 62-year-old social activist has been attacked by a gang of eight masked men with iron rods. After seriously assaulting Tinekar, the top cop said, the miscreants escaped from the spot. Later, truck drivers shifted him to Belagavi Civil Hospital. Tinekar’s condition is said to be critical, but out of danger.
The gang attacked him after following him on Khanapur-Belagavi highway, according to police.
The identities of the miscreants are yet to be ascertained as they were masked. The right and left ankle of Tinekar is broken and he has suffered major injuries in head and shoulder. He was first taken to Khanapur Government Hospital and from there he was shifted to a private hospital, where he underwent a surgery.
Belagavi Rural police have lodged a case and started a probe. Tinekar first hit headlines after he exposed a multi-crore fake stamp paper racket in 2001. His efforts resulted in government confiscating property worth Rs 4,000 crore and succeeding in putting behind bars about 400 people involved in the scandal.
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