Bangalore college student beaten by seniors over Ganesh festival funds

Bangalore, Sep 3: A 17-year-old college student was allegedly beaten by four seniors at a college in Bangalore for not contributing to funds for the ongoing Ganesh festival. The boy has filed a police complaint.

He has alleged that he was attacked six days ago by a group of seniors who were collecting funds. When he told the seniors that he would pay later, they allegedly dragged him into a room and attacked him so badly that he was injured near the eye.

The college principal has suspended the older students, but calls the incident a "misunderstanding".

"It happened during lunch hour. Today they will be friends; tomorrow they may fight and become friends again. I have suspended them as disciplinary action so that they learn that they should not fight," he said.

The police have registered a case of assault. "The boy received minor injuries, one near his eye. We have come to know independently that the college has taken internal action. We will also investigate," said Rohini K, a senior police officer

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Mangaluru NRI returning from Saudi Arabia arrested over Instagram post

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Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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