Mangalore: Miscreants Ambush, Attack, NRI Youth at Midnight
Pic: Prajwal Ukkuda
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, May 22: A youth was admitted to a private hospital after he was attacked by miscreants near Kudupadi in Jeppu Bappal.
The youths allegedly attacked him hurling abuses and challenging him with a display of muscle power late on the night of Thursday May 21.
Mohammad Ashraf, the victim, is an NRI who returned home from Jubail in Saudi Arabia three months ago. He was attacked by a group of seven people.
Ashraf, who is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city said, “As I got down from an auto rickshaw, the group suddenly attacked me and pushed me down. I was returning home from my relative’s shop near State Bank”, he said adding that one of them had a bottle in hand while the others had a rod and other metal implements.”
“One of them hit me with the rod and the others used their hands. Due to this my head had started bleeding and my neck was also hurt”, he added.
Ashraf who lodged a complaint at Pandeswar police station named four of his assailants as Chetan, who has a shop near the apartment where he lives, Sandeep, Deepak, and Nithin. He also informed the police that he would be able to recognize the other three as he has seen them before.
Ashraf said that usually he returns around 1.30 am but on Thursday he was early. He is helping his relative in business. He also said that the gang is involved in creating nuisance in the area and are involved in other criminal cases.
He alleged that the same group had attacked his brother last year. Pandeswar police are investigating the case.