Three days after a 20-year-old man was allegedly assaulted whereas travelling in a bus with a lady in Mangaluru, three individuals have been arrested in reference to the case, stated police on Sunday.
Mangaluru metropolis police on Saturday arrested Mangaluru-based Muthu (18), Prakash (21) and Rakesh (23) for allegedly assaulting Seyad Raseem Ummar close to Nanthoor circle in Mangaluru on Thursday. The police stated Ummar and a lady have been travelling in a bus from Karkala when the accused stopped the bus, dragged Ummar out and allegedly thrashed him.
Ummar is a 3rd 12 months BE (data science) scholar at NITTE Institute of Know-how, Karkala.
Within the FIR registered on the Kadri police station, criticism Ummar had alleged that “the accused entered into the and abused him verbally. The accused had additionally requested for my ID card, after which they thrashed me”.
“In addition they threatened him from telling anybody concerning the incident,” the FIR acknowledged.
On Friday, ADGP (regulation and order) Alok Kumar had tweeted that applicable motion was being taken towards the accused.
The accused have hyperlinks with right-wing teams Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), stated police. In the meantime, VHP chief from Mangaluru, Sharan Pumpwell, stated instances of ‘love jihad’ are on the rise within the area.
“The Bajrang Dal is doing good work in coastal Karnataka. In consequence, many youths come to work with us. Incidents of affection jihad are on the rise. These youths will need to have seen such an incident and brought essential motion. After they received arrested, we now have supplied them with the required authorized assist,” Pumpwell stated.
“We’re additionally organising protest in seven to eight locations in Mangaluru on Monday. The federal government ought to implement the anti-conversion regulation within the state successfully,” he added.
‘Love jihad’ is a time period utilized by right-wing activists to explain marital relationships between Muslim males and Hindu ladies, although the courts and the Union authorities don’t formally recognise the time period.