Mounesh Vishwakarma

Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)

Bantwal, Dec 15: A gang of three men brutally assaulted a bus passenger at Rayee on Wednesday morning alleging that he misbehaved with girls in the bus. A case in this connection was registered at Bantwal rural police station on Thursday, December 15.

In a police complaint submitted by Talapady's B Mooda village resident Issac works as a mason at Moodbidri Gantalkatte and travelled from B C Road to Moodbidri in Mahaganesh bus in the mornings.

“When I travelled from B C Road to Moodbidri in the morning two days ago, as there were many passengers in the bus I held a school bag given by a girl. Similarly, I was travelling by Maha Ganesh bus at 7.25 am from B C Road to Gantalkatte on Wednesday also. As the bus reached Kudkoli at 8.10 am, a person sitting in the bus hurled expletives at me saying that I am troubling girls and tried to send me out from the bus. As the bus stopped at a stop, two more men got on the bus, hurled expletives and assaulted me saying that I was misbehaving with girls. They forced me to get in the rickshaw that arrived from the auto park. They took me to Rai, stopped the rickshaw under a goli tree, took a stick from a forest tree and the three men hit me on my back, left hand, shoulders, thighs and my stomach and threatened to kill me if I travelled in this bus. One of them hit me on my eye and fled when people were gathering.

I went home taking medicine and as the pain increased, I got myself admitted to Highland hospital, Mangaluru,” Issac stated in a police complaint.

Bantwal rural police have registered a case in this connection and are investigating.