Sullia, Jan 7: In yet another instance of Hindutva hate crime, a group of miscreants allegedly belonging to Bajrang Dal stormed into a bus at Sampaje near here and assaulted a youth for sitting next to a girl.
The victim, Kamaruddin, a resident of Goonadka, has sustained severe injuries in the attack.
According to sources, the incident took place when he was plying from Bangalore to Sullia. A girl employed in Bangalore was also travelling in the same bus and they were talking to each other.
It is learnt that one of the passengers in the bus, said to be a Bajrang Dal activists, called up the miscreants and informed them about a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl travelling together in the bus.
When the bus reached Sampaje at around 4 a.m. on Monday the miscreants entered the bus, dragged Kamaruddin out of the bus and assaulted him brutally. Despite Kamaruddin's explanation that the girl had sat next to him only because there was no other seat in the bus, the miscreants continued to punish him.
After meeting the girl's father, Kamaruddin lodged a complaint with Madikeri police station against the assailants. Two of the assailants have been identified as Vijaya and Mahesh Kadupanja.
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