Udupi: Group assaults three youths for confronting eve-teasers
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (DV)
Udupi, Jan 14: A group allegedly assaulted three youths on the evening of Monday January 13 for confronting eve-teasers.
The incident occured at Mattapady, Brahmavar. Two youths identified as Gautam and Varad Shetty were returning after participating in a protest against the incident wherein a youth was arrested for uploading obscene photos of a girl on Facebook. On the way, they saw a girl walking near Mattapady railway bridge and allegedly tried to lure her and indulged in eve-teasing.
The girl raised an alarm, and hearing her scream her brother Shafiq who was in a nearby shop rushed to the spot along with his friends Asif and Shoaib. A heated exhange of words ensued, after which Varad and Gautam left the place and the girl returned home with her brother. Police sources said that Varad and Gautam were also assaulted by Shafiq and his friends.
The incident did not end there. Later at around 7 pm, eight people came in Innova and Scorpio cars belonging to Satyaraj and Prajwal Shetty, and reportedly assaulted Shafiq, Asif and Shoaib near Shafiq's house.
The three youths were admitted to Ajjarkad hospital.
The girl later lodged a complaint of eve-teasing and assault in Brahmavar police station.