Newskarnataka – Bantwal
Bantwal: Four people in a Jeep and a bike rider was attacked with dangerous weapons and their vehicles were burnt on Tuesday March 25 late night at 10 pm, by a group of people at Jakimoole near Kambalabettu Dargah in Vittal.
A group of over 50 youth attacked the persons, who were returning home after work in a jeep and when another person was passing by that road he was pushed away, and his bike was torched.
Five persons, 27-year-old Abdul Razak a resident of Haladinagar in Vittal, 26-year-old Abdul Basheer and 32-year-old Isubu from Nekkare Kambalabettu, 30-year-old Abul Majeed and 38-year-old Abdul Sattar a resident of Kambalabettu in Shantinagar, were arrested and produced in the court on Wednesday.
Several others like Shaffi, Mannoor, Rafique, Abubakker, Munna and others have also been named in the complaint; however it is learnt that the confrontation was done due to an enmity among the people.
The four persons attacked are Karunakar Naytottu, Lingappa Gowda, Shashi, and Lokesh were returning home in a jeep when a crowd stopped their jeep and started hitting the passengers of the jeep with weapons.
Karunakar was hit with iron rod in his head. As an attempt was made to twist and deform his hands and legs, his hand was fractured. The other three, who were assaulted badly, suffered injuries all over their bodies. A person named Ravi, brother of Lokesh, who was passing by in his motor bike, wanted to know what was happening. He was also chased by the assaulters. His bike was damaged and burnt down. The jeep was then pushed to the bank of a rivulet flowing nearby.
After he was informed about the attack by some locals, Vittal station police sub-inspector, Raghavendra T R after which they took the injured people to Vittal community hospital.
The annual Uroos being organized by Kambalabettu Mohiuddin and Ibrahim Jamaat Committee as well as Uroos Committee at Kambalabettu Sadath Nagara Valiyullahi Dargah Shariff was on since Tuesday. Youth had attended the Uroos in large numbers. As per one account, the people in the jeep were attacked by a group of youth who were participating in the Uroos, as they were angry at the fact that the people in the jeep had spoken to a few women taking part in the Uroos.
Bantwal deputy superintendent of police, Rashmi Pareddi, circle inspector, Rajashekhar Mistry, Vittal police sub-inspector, Raghavendra T R, and other policemen accomplished to maintain peace in the locality.
