Mangaluru police have arrested 4 individuals for allegedly assaulting and threatening an interfaith couple on Wednesday night, officers stated.
In line with police, 4 males, aged between 20 and 29, allegedly assaulted a Muslim boy and a Hindu woman whereas they had been sitting at a park beneath Kadri police station limits.
The lads had been recognized as Yashwith of Kadaba, Sharath of Chikkamagaluru, Dheeraj of Alape and Abhijit of Bantwal, all members of the Bajrang Dal, police stated.
Police stated the accused discovered the interfaith couple sitting within the park and questioned the boy why he was befriending a Hindu woman and assaulted him. When the woman tried to cease them, the boys additionally assaulted her, police stated.
“The boy and woman are from the north Karnataka area and had pursued training right here. Adopted by the criticism of the couple, Kadri police registered a case and arrested all 4 accused,’’ Mangaluru metropolis police commissioner N Shashi Kumar informed HT.
The 4 had been booked beneath sections 323 (assaulting), 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 504 (deliberately insult), and 506 (threatening with life) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and produced earlier than a courtroom, which remanded them to judicial custody of 14 days, he added.
The coastal Dakshina Kannada is a communally delicate space, and in current occasions, the variety of ethical policing instances is on the rise.
Within the final three months, eight ethical policing instances had been booked in varied police stations in Dakshina Kannada.
Shashi Kumar stated, “We is not going to permit such incidents to happen any extra. Police took stringent motion towards the accused in all instances, however nonetheless, such instances are reported. Nobody has the best to grab others’ freedom, which is assured by the Structure.”