Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 24: In an incident which occurred opposite a private hospital at Falnir in the city late in the evening at 10.05 pm on Monday, November 23, a youth was attacked with a sword. In the incident, a youth identified as Naushad (30) suffered injuries. He stands admitted into a hospital.
It is learnt that the injured Naushad happens to be the son-in-law of Aziz, who was recently stabbed near the Kandavar mosque. There is no concrete information about the background of the current incident.
As per officials, a gang of men arrived with machetes out of nowhere and attacked Naushad, causing injuries to his back, hands and stomach. After attacking Naushad, the accused sped away in a car parked at a little distance from the scene of the crime. A case under registration number 103/2020 IPC sections 143, 147, 148, 504, 307, 120(b) and 149 has been filed against the attackers in Mangaluru east police station.
Earlier an incident had occurred in front of Kandavar mosque in Kandavar village on November 15. A person identified as Abdul Aziz (55) was assaulted by three people who had arrived on a bike. The suspects of the attack were Farooq Adyapady, Fitter Hanif, Chayabba and two other assailants who had masks on their face. Abdul Aziz who was seriously injured was admitted at a private hospital in Mangaluru. A case under registration number 158/2020 section 341, 504, 324, 326, 307, 109, 120 and 149 was also registered in the Bajpe police station in this connection. Subsequently, Naushad, the son-in-law of Abdul Aziz was also assaulted on the hospital premises on November 23.
It is suspected that the same gang is behind both these attacks.
The police visited the spot and registered a case.