Puttur Tense: Section 144 Continues, Fifteen Arrested
Daijiworld Media Network—Puttur (RS/CN)
Pics: Dayananda Kukkaje
Puttur, Mar 18: Two people were injured, one of whom is critical, after a gang of eight people attacked them at Nehru Nagara in Puttur.
Badruddin Musliar and Abdulla are the injured brothers and the former is unconscious and has been admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore with injuries to the head and stomach.
Abdulla is undergoing treatment in a private hospital here. Badruddin is the ‘Musliar’ in a mosque nearby.
The group entered their home and tried to burn it down. It is said that the members of the gang wore masks to conceal their identity and stabbed the brothers.
Mangalore: Five Arrested; Section 144 Continues in Puttur
Fifteen people have been arrested in connection with the violence that occurred in Puttur, said Dr Subrahmanyeswara Rao, superintendent of police, Dakshina Kannada, on Wednesday March 18 in the city.
“Of the fifteen, one has been arrested for the assault on students while the others have been apprehended for their involvement in the violence that took place thereafter. Four others involved in the assault are absconding. We are thinking of charging those involved in moral policing under the Goonda”, added Dr Rao.
Deputy commissioner (DC) V Ponnuraj said, “We will take stringent action against moral policing and also those arrested in such cases. The action will be discussed later. It could either be the Goonda Act or expulsion from the district”.