Youth dragged out of bus, thrashed for speaking to Hindu girl

August 21, 2011

Mangalore, August 21: In another instance of moral policing, a group of miscreants allegedly belonging to Bajrang Dal on Saturday brutally assaulted a youth after dragging him out of a bus at Neeraje village in Puttur Taluk for speaking to a Hindu girl.

A severely injured Mohammed Shakir was admitted to hospital after the incident.

Two Bajrang Dal activists namely Yadava and Santosha have been arrested by the local police in this connection.

The incident occurred when Shakir was on his way home to Mardala village in a bus from St. Philomena's College in Puttur town.

Narrating the sequence of events leading to the attack the 20-year-old youth said that it was a coincidence that he met his PUC classmate, when he changed bus in Uppingangdy.

“She sat next to me in the bus and talked with me casually. When she got down at Neeraje bus stop, a group of 15 to 20 miscreants dragged me out of the bus and enquired about my conversation with the girl. I told them that she was my class mate. However, they began abusing me for speaking to the girl and assaulted me mercilessly”, he said.

Shakir has sustained injuries on his head, arms and leg.

The assailants fled the scene after dumping him near the bus stop. He was then shifted to Mahaveer Hospital in Puttur by his friends.

A case has been registered at Kadaba police station.

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