Udupi: Attack on students in bus - Four held, protestors demand stringent action
Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (NM)
Udupi, Mar 14: Condemning the assault on three young men by a group of people belonging to one community for allegedly talking to a girl of another community on Wednesday March 13, the members of various Hindu organizations on Thursday March 14 demanded immediate arrest of and stringent action against the members of PFI, who allegedly carried out the attack.
Four persons have been arrested so far in connection with the incident. Police have assured to nab all the assaulters by Saturday.
The four arrested are indentified as Mullaru Pakirakatte Mubin (31), Thousif of Mullaru Kombagudde (25), Jalaluddin of Uchila (24) and Nasir of Uchila (21).
It can be recalled that two youths, identified as Srinath (23) and Rajesh (24), residents of Katipalla, Mangalore, along with another youth were beaten up by the group. The youths, students of a college in Mangalore, were returning to Mangalore from Manipal by bus when the incident took place. During the bus journey, the youths were reportedly talking to a girl from another community. Noticing this, a youth who was in the same bus informed members of the local community outfits who waylaid the bus and reportedly thrashed the youths.
Hindu organization protest again
Soon after the incident, members of Hindu organizations had demanded immediate arrest of all the assaulters. However, on learning that the police had not arrested all the culprits, the members of Hindu organizations again came together at Old Mariamma Temple at Kaup on Thursday morning.
After that, hundreds of people belonging to Hindu organizations took out a procession towards Kaup police station and submitted a memorandum demanding immediate arrest of the assaulters. There was tight security deployed at the station and only a few people were allowed to meet the police officers, reports stated.
Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, zilla panchyat member Geethanjali, Vishwa Hindu Parishad district president Suprasad Shetty Bykady, BJP leaders Kuthyar Naveen Shetty, Vijay Karkera, Yogish Rai, members of Hindu organizations Sunil K R, Srinivas Prabhu, Laxmikanth Prabhu, Jayanth were others present.