Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RJP)
Mangalore, Oct 11: Police have arrested three persons in connection with the assault on a video editor.
The arrested persons are Amir from Thokkottu, Aslam from Attavar and Jalil from Kudroli.
The video editor Raghavendra Achar (38) was attacked and assaulted at Kunil complex in Kankanady on Tuesday October 7 for talking to a girl from another community.
A group of around 10 men had barged into the shop where the victim worked as a video editor and vandalized the place, destroying the computers and looting cash from the shop. The men also allegedly threatened to kill the victim after assaulting him.
The reason of the assault was that a girl belonging to another community had come to write a CD to the shop which these men did not like. Raghavendra was asked to stop talking to girls from the other community.
Raghavendra Achar was admitted to government hospital after the assault.
In addition to the police complaint, South Kanara Photographers Association, Mangalore had sent a petition to Police Commissioner in this regard. The police have said that more arrests will be made soon based on the recent information.