Bantwal: An incident of miscreants barging into a mosque at Farangipete and assaulting a priest was reported late night on Monday March 29.
Mustaq, a resident of Kundapur is the priest of Birul Vaalidain mosque located at Farangipete-Ammemaar road who was assaulted by the miscreants.
The report said that at around 12 am, three men barged into the mosque and assaulted Mustaq who was sleeping on the second floor of the building. Mustaq managed to escape from the miscreants and save himself. Mustaq hurt his leg in a bid to escape. The act of the miscreants was captured in the CCTV cameras of the mosque.
A case has been registered at Bantwal town police station.