Bengaluru: A day after a Bajrang Dal employee was attacked in Shivamogga district, three individuals have been arrested in reference to the case. Through the investigation, one of many suspects in custody stated the assault was not political however a response to the Bajrang Dal employee harassing his sister, police stated.
On Monday morning, the accused, recognized as Sameer, allegedly attacked Bajrang Dal member Sunil (28) with a machete and chased him on a motorcycle in Sagara city, the police stated. Nonetheless, Sunil managed to flee the assault. Sunil is a resident of Upparakeri in Sagara taluk, police stated.
“I’ve been working with Bajrang Dal for a few years. I used to be on my strategy to the workplace from my home Monday morning. Miscreants had been ready for me close to the Abharan jewelry retailer. They abused me verbally, took out a machete from the bike and tried to assault me. However I managed to flee,” Sunil had stated.
Based mostly on a grievance from Sunil, the police have taken three individuals into custody — Sameer, Imiyaan and Mansoor.
Mithun Kumar, Superintendent of Police of Shivamogga, stated that through the questioning, Sameer advised police that Sunil was pestering his sister for the final three months. “Regardless of a number of warnings from Sameer, Sunil continued troubling his sister. On Monday, Sunil who was on a motorcycle met Sameer and chided him,” Kumar stated.
Sameer is a shepherd and carried a machete to chop branches from the bushes for the sheep and used that weapon to assault Sunil. The position of his associates will change into clear through the investigation, the SP stated.
In the meantime, Bajrang Dal and Hindu activists referred to as for a bandh in Sagar city over the incident. Outlets had been closed and a protest march was taken out. The police have beefed up safety within the city.
Activists claimed that Sunil and Sameer had fought earlier over the problem of hijab and developed an enmity. Sameer had allegedly threatened Sunil on Sunday and tried to assault him on Monday Lots of of Bajrang Dal activists had gathered earlier than the Sagar police station and staged a protest condemning the incident on Monday.
Shivamogga witnessed a spate of communal incidents final yr. Stress gripped a number of components of Shivamogga in February final yr as violence broke out following the homicide of Harsha, a 26-year-old Bajrang Dal employee, who was stabbed to dying. In August, two folks had been injured in stabbing and stone-throwing amid communal stress within the metropolis as two teams clashed over displaying banners of Savarkar.