Bantwal, May 6: A turbulent atmosphere prevailed in Bantwal after a youth was grievously injured in a murder attempt that occurred at a place named Goodinabali near B C Road bypass road late on Tuesday night.
The injured has been identified Iqbal Vogga, an activist of Social Democratic Party of India.
Additional police forces were deployed in the town to bring the situation under control after the incident.
On Tuesday night, a minor accident occurred between two motorbikes on the bypass road near B C Road circle which resulted in a clash between the two parties.
During this while, it is said that SDPI activist Iqbal was travelling on the same bypass road towards Goodinabali in his two-wheeler and stopped near the scene of the accident to enquire regarding the issue at hand.
It is also said that both the opposing parties came forward to sort the issue when they noticed Iqbal enquiring regarding the same.
However, the issue between the two parties got out of hand and soon grew into a brawl where few miscreants rushed towards Iqbal and grievously injured him with soda bottles from a nearby shop.
On receiving news of the incident, jurisdictional Bantwal town police rushed to the spot and rushed the injured Iqbal to the government hospital in Bantwal.
Thereafter, members of both parties gathered in front of the hospital and began negotiating the issue. Subsequently, police gathered at the spot and made security arrangements to ensure that the situation remained calm. However, it is still a mystery as to why the SDPI activist was severely assaulted by some miscreants.
A case has been registered in this regard at Bantwal town police station. Police have also seized the motorbikes belonging to the two opposing parties. It is learnt that a similar assault had occurred on Iqbal in the past.
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