Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MD)
Mangalore, Oct 28: Five persons reportedly belonging to a pro-Hindu outift in the city were detained by Kadri police for allegedly attacking a youth for being in the company of a girl from another community.
The youth, identified as Zabeullah, was attacked by the group at Nantoor on Monday, October 27 evening.
Zabeullah who owns a shop in City Centre mall was reportedly seen with a 20-year-old girl from a different community. The five accused objected to Zabeullah being in the company of the girl and allegedly started attacking him.
Kadri police quickly arrived at the spot and took the five men into custody.
It is learnt that the girl is from Madikeri while the youth is a resident of Katipalla.
The arrested persons have been identified as Praveen (26), Arun (24), Rakshith (21), Deepak (26), Prasad (21) and Yuvraj (23). They will be produced in court soon.