Mangaluru: In an incident held on the night of Tuesday October 27, the local BJP Leader from Bellur, Prakash was assaulted by some miscreants in his residence at Bantwal here in Dakshina Kannada District.
Prakash who has been injured in the head has been hospitalised and is being treated. The reason for the assault is yet to be known. Locals are suspected to be involved behind the assault.
It is suspected that trio, Nithin, Pawan and Nishanth are behind the act. When the locals intervened the trio fled the scene, witnesses state.
Bantwal Police have begun their investigation and are on the look out for the culprits.