Overview
- CCTV footage from the Kannooli toll gate on the Vijayapura–Kalaburagi route shows Samarthgouda Patil confronting staff after being asked to pay the fee.
- The injured toll worker, identified as Sangappa, received treatment at a nearby hospital.
- Toll employees report that he demanded a free passage and invoked his father’s name when challenged.
- The video indicates at least one companion joined the assault before other toll workers intervened.
- Reports identify his father as BJP leader Vijayagouda Patil, who has repeatedly contested the Babaleshwar seat, and the party has not issued a public response.