A video showing the son of a BJP leader allegedly assaulting a toll booth worker is going viral. The incident reportedly happened on the Vijayapura–Kalaburagi highway when one of the alleged assaulters was asked to pay the toll.

The CCTV footage, now widely shared on social media, shows a group of young men getting into an heated argument at the Kannoli toll plaza on Thursday. Within seconds, a scuffle breaks out. One of the men, identified by police as Samarthgouda Patil, son of BJP leader Vijugouda Patil, is seen hitting and abusing a toll employee who had asked for the toll fee.

According to police, Samarthgouda and his friends were en route to Sindagi when the altercation happened. When the toll staffer requested payment, Samarthgouda allegedly snapped, saying, “Do you know who I a

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