A girl and a boy were beaten up by a mob in Belagavi who were under the impression that both of them were in an inter-faith relationship. They turned out to be brother and sister.
The mob waylaid a boy of 23 years and a girl of 22 years, who were sitting on the Fort Lake tank bed and talking. The boy belonged to the Lambani community and the girl was a Muslim. The mob suspected that they were in an inter-faith relationship. They forcibly took them to a room near the lake and beat them up. The attackers allegedly did not listen to pleas from the youth that they were not in a relationship.
