Update: 2.45 pm
Mangaluru: The city Police have reportedly arrested the 15 moral police, allegedly belonging to right-wing outfits, for stripping and assaulting a man in public on Monday evening, August 24.
The victim of assault was tied to an electricity pole, stripped and thrashed by a group of right-wing activists, who claimed that he was in a car with a girl belonging to a different community. He was later hospitalized.
The police swung into action and initially detained four persons and later arrested 15, sources said.
It is also learnt that the girl has filed a complaint against the man (who was beaten up) alleging that he was ‘blackmailing’ her.
However, he said that he had only gone to give some money to the girl, and he was sitting in the car while she was standing outside.
The attackers thrashed, stripped him and paraded him through the crowded area before tying him to an electricity pole, sources said. The mob allegedly also humiliated the girl when she tried to intervene. The images were circulated on WhatsApp and the police arrived when the visuals were flashed on local cable channels.
Earlier report:
Moral policing: Youth stripped, beaten up for speaking to girl
Mangaluru: In yet another act of moral policing by right wing activists in the coastal city, a man belonging to a minority community was tied to a pole, stripped and then thrashed in public view on a busy street in Attavar, on Monday at 7 pm.
The assault is said to have taken place after they saw the youth speaking to a girl from another community. The young man and the girl were employed in the same commercial complex.
Police, who received an alert about the incident rushed to rescue the youth and took him to a nearby hospital. However, it is not yet known as to whether any assaulters have been arrested.
Police have started investigation into the incident. According to reports, the man told cops that the girl was in need of Rs 2000 as loan. Hence, he was accompanying her to a nearby ATM, when a group of men armed with knives attacked him.
The woman too was assaulted for trying to come to her colleague’s defence.
