Mangaluru, Feb 15: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Bajpe in Mangaluru taluk after trouble mongers pelted stones at two places of worship belonging to Muslims on Saturday night.
Police sources said that unknown miscreants targeted the Juma Masjid and Eidgah in Bajpe. Window panes of both the buildings were broken in the attack.
Local Muslim leaders have urged the public to maintain peace and not to be provoked by the act of anti-social forces.
Local residents have suspected the hand of Sangh Parivar elements behind the fresh attack. The area had witnessed a series of communal incidents a couple of months ago.
Bajpe police have registered a case based on the complaint lodged by Bajpe Juma Masjid committee president Muhammed and general secretary Ismail Engineer.
PFI leader Athavullah Jokatte visited the spot and urged the police to nab the culprits and prevent the recurrence of such incidents in future.
The attack comes a day after miscreants pelted stones at Al Bukhari Masjid and Noorul Huda Madrasa at Kunjathoor near Manjeshwar.
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