In yet another incident of ‘moral policing’ in Dakshina Kannada, a group of persons allegedly assaulted a Muslim youth who was driving his autorickshaw and was accompanied by a woman, at Derane under Siribagilu village in Kadaba taluk on Gundya-Kukke Subrahmanya Road on April 5.
Police have taken into custody two of the accused Balachandra, 35, son of Sanjeeva Gowda; and Ranjith, 31, son of Honnappa Gowda. Both accused are residents of Siribagilu village. Other accused have been named as Surendra, Tirtha Prasad and Jitesh.
Police said that Nazeer, 21, of Sampya, Aryapu village in Puttur taluk, was driving his autorickshaw, accompanied by a woman, from Uppinangady to Gundya on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway.
