Mangaluru: Moral police attack Hindu-Muslim friends at Forum Fiza Mall

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February 24, 2015

Mangaluru, Feb 24: In yet another incident of ‘moral policing’, two friends--a male and a female--were attacked by a gang of miscreants at a prestigious shopping mall in the city on Tuesday.

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The incident occurred at around 7 p.m. when a female BPO employee visited Forum Fiza Mall, Pandeshwar, along with her former colleague, belonging to another community.

However, the timely intervention of police, ward-off a major attack by the moral police owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar.

It is learnt that the BPO employee, a Hindu woman, hailing from Kundapur, took her former colleague, a Muslim youth from Chikkamagaluru, to the mall in the evening.

The woman, who recent got engaged, had also informed her fiancé that she would go for shopping along with her Muslim friend.

Meanwhile, a group of men surrounded the duo at the mall and assaulted the youth, before handing them over to the jurisdictional Pandeswhar police. However, the duo did not lodge any complaint against the assailants, sources said.

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Anant
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Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016

I grew up in the late 1980's we didn't have any such discremanation in our days or heads I had a few Muslim frnds I or they didn't talk about any religion nor did they we were just frnds am still in contact their behavior still the same these are a few examples of outsiders and politicians who create all these problems otherwise we Mangaloreans are peace loving people

Anant
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Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016

Why all this hatred it is not the same mangalore I grew up I had Muslim frnds they didn't talk about any religion or any hatred in fact no communal things were spoken we were just frnds but now communal things are taking place thanks to outsiders and politics tks to media

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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