Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Mar 8: President of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Nawaz Ullal, was assaulted by a gang of auto rickshaw drivers near central railway station here on the evening of Saturday March 7. Relating to the incident, the Pandeshwar police have arrested four persons, Sudhakar, Habib, Nagesh, and Ranjith.

Injured Nawaz has got admitted into the Highland Hospital in the city as an inpatient for treatment. He reportedly has suffered serious injuries to his nose.

It is said that the fight arose after a car which Nawaz was driving brushed against a three-wheeler. Nawaz was driving his Alto car from State Bank Circle to a hospital along with his party's state committee member, Jaleel Krishnapura, for inquiring the health of a friend who was admitted in the hospital. An auto rickshaw driver took Nawaz to task, alleging that his car had come in contact with his auto rickshaw on the narrow road leading from Rao and Rao Circle to the petrol bunk.

Nawaz said in his police complaint that a few auto rickshaw drivers followed his car thereafter, intercepted it near the central railway station, attacked him using abusive words, and posed life threat. He said that the gang which attacked him had over ten members.

Pandeshwar police sub-inspector, Shariff, has registered the complaint. Four of the accused have been arrested.