Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Sep 26: A gang of miscreants entered the house of a BJP activist at Hejmady near Mulky on the night of Thursday September 25, beat up family members including women, besides posing life threats. Tension prevailed in the village after the incident.
It is said, that the assault was related to an accident on the same afternoon, in which a pedestrian named Para Salian (60) from Hejmady was hit by a speeding motor bike, ridden by Rameez, near the village. Salian suffered fracture in the leg and was treated at A J Hospital Mangalore. People, who had gathered at the accident spot, had censured the bike rider for rash driving.
A gang led by Rameez gate-crashed into the house of the local unit president of the BJP Yuvamorcha named Sharan Kumar at around 9 pm and assaulted the inmates. It is said that the gang members posed life threats to him, saying that they belong to KFD. Hearing the commotion, people gathered there, after which the gang members fled. The people however, could catch hold of two of the gang members and handed over them to the Padubidri police.
The victims are being treated in a private hospital in Padubidri.