Four people have been arrested in attack on interfaith couple case, police said. (Representational)
Mangaluru (Karnataka):
Four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged attack on an interfaith couple travelling by bus from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mangaluru Police on Saturday.
Mangaluru police chief Shashi Kumar said that the arrests took place in the case related to an attack done by a group of people near Pumpwell.
The four arrested have been identified as Balachandra (28), Dhanush Bhandary (25), Jayaprashanth (27) and Anil Kumar (38).
As per reports, a 24-year-old man was assaulted on Thursday night while travelling with a woman belonging to a different faith.
Mangaluru: Four arrested for attack on interfaith couple travelling in a bus ANI | Updated: Apr 03, 2021 09:06 IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 3 (ANI): Four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged attack on an interfaith couple travelling by bus from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mangaluru Police on Saturday.
Shashi Kumar, Mangaluru Police Commissioner said that the arrests took place in the case related to an attack done by a group of people near Pumpwell.
The four arrested have been identified as Balachandra (28), Dhanush Bhandary (25), Jayaprashanth (27) and Anil Kumar (38).
As per reports, a 24-year-old man was assaulted on Thursday night while travelling with a woman belonging to a different caste. It is reported that the attackers also stabbed him with a sharp weapon.
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A group of Bajrang Dal men attacked and allegedly stabbed a man who was travelling in a private bus to Bengaluru along with his female friend belonging to another religion. Mangaluru city police have arrested four accused, who are members of the Bajrang Dal involved in the case.
Earlier, Mangaluru city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar giving out details of the incident to the media said that the man Aswid Ansar Mohammed and his friend Ashwini Shanubhag, who were classmates before, were heading to Bengaluru in search of a job. The incident occurred at around 9.30 pm when a group of Bajrang Dal members stopped the bus in which the man and the woman were travelling and assaulted the man. He was also stabbed by them. The woman, aged 23 also has suffered injuries, the commissioner said.