Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Mar 25: The police on Sunday March 25 arrested three persons in connection to the assault on a group near Fatima church at Tannirbavi.
The arrested are Sukesh Putran, a resident of Baikampady, and Tannirbavi residents Varun Suvarna and Deekshith Putran.
A group of five youths had allegedly attacked five youngsters including two girls who were returning from a birthday party at Tannirbavi on the evening of Saturday March 24. The male victims who were assaulted were hospitalised.
Taking swift action in the case, the Panambur police arrested the trio.
However, reports in a section of the media stated that the locals in Tannirbavi met the police on Sunday and alleged that the group of youths celebrating the birthday were 'behaving indecently', and when asked to leave the spot, they filed a complaint under pressure from someone.
The local women who met the police also claimed that the youths who have been booked for robbery and assualt were 'innocent'.