Mangalore, October 24: Two persons were seriously injured when a group of masked men, alleged to be Sangh Parivar activists assaulted the members of Sunni Student Federation who were engaged in putting up banners of a religious function at Vamanjoor, near here.
The injured identified as auto-rickshaw driver Haidar Ali and his brother Hasan Ali, were rushed to a nearby hospital after Monday night's incident.
The incident occurred when the duo along with two clerics of local Sunni Masjids were putting up banners of convocation of Kasargod based Muhimmath Sunni education institution.
According to Haidar Ali, a group of three masked men, clutching swords, assaulted them for 'no reason.' He said one of them was Ganesh of Kethikal.
“We pleaded them not to assault us and convinced them that we would remove all the posters and banners if they had any objections. However they did not pay heed to our plea”, he said.
Kavoor police, who have registered a case in this regard, said that the reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained.
Condemned
Meanwhile, the Mangalore and Mangalore North Assembly Constituency units of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) have condemned the assault on the youth.
In two separate press releases Nawaz Ulla and Saifullah Vamanjoor, Presidents of the respective units said that the police should immediately arrest 'Sangh Pariva' activists who are responsible for this attack.
They demanded Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda to take effective steps to ensure that such incidents do not happen again.
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