Mangaluru, Jun 16: A 35-year-old man was attacked with knife by a miscreant following a brawl outside the mosque near Janata Colony of Kana at Suratkal on the outskirts of the city last night.
Mohammed Shafi (35), an office bearer of the administrative committee of mosque, has suffered injuries on this back and hand in the attack. He is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city.
The attacker has been identified as Tahir (24), who had pulled JD(S) candidate Mohiuddin Bawa’s shirt collar during the Karnataka assembly election campaigning last month.
It is learnt that the fight between Shafi and Tahir began over a trivial issue outside the mosque. In a fit of rage Tahir took out a knife from his car and attacked Shafi at least twice.
A case is registered at Suratkal police station and investigations are on.
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