Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Oct 7: Policemen of Ullal station arrested a person named Yousuf from Madikeri on Thursday October 6, on charges of sexual misbehaviour with a boy. Reportedly, the boy was sexually assaulted in the premises of a hospital in Deralakatte.

Yousuf had come to see his mother who is admitted in the hospital. A 13-year-old boy hailing from near Dharmasthala had also come to the same hospital to look after his father, Anand from Karyathadka, who has been hospitalized. It is said that Yousuf offered lures to the boy, led him to the toilet, and tried to have sex with him. The boy ran away to his father's room, and explained what had happened to the hospital staff the next morning.

After the news broke out, some activists of a Hindu organization beat up Yousuf before handing him over to Ullal police station. A case of harassment through unnatural sexual advances was registered against the man there on the basis of a complaint lodged by the boy's father.