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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MD)
Mangaluru, Sep 13: An auto rickshaw driver was stabbed in broad daylight near Roopavani theatre in Market Road area here on Sunday September 13 afternoon.
The auto driver has been identified as Gopalkrishna (48), a resident of Panjimogeru. The incient occured at around 2.30 pm.
It is learnt that two persons on a bike were riding into a no-entry area, when Gopalkrishna signalled to them that it was the wrong way and they must turn back. The bikers, angered at being stopped, got into a verbal fight and stabbed the auto driver before fleeing the spot leaving their bike behind, sources said.
The bike riders are yet to be identified, however, the police have seized the bike. Police sources also said that the bike owner has been identified but declined to reveal the name.
The injured auto driver was rushed to Wenlock hospital.