Udupi: Police hunt for Bajarang Dal leader, associates for attempt to kill three Muslim men

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January 5, 2018

Udupi, Jan 5: The Udupi district police have booked five saffron activists including a prominent leader of Bajarang Dal for assault and attempt to murder charges.

According to the police, Bajrang Dal leader Mahesh Shenoy, Ganesh Pujari and three others attacked Sheikh Mohsin, a resident of Karkala, with sharp weapons at Banglegudde on the outskirts of the town on Thursday night without any provocation.

Mohsin, who had sustained grievous head injuries in the incident, has been hospitalised. He is said to be out of danger.

A while later, the same team assaulted two more Muslim men - Mohammad and Salman - at Banglagudde.

Three separate cases have been registered at jurisdictional Karkala police station. The police have lunched a manhunt to nab the miscreants.

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Udupi: SDPI leaders booked for holding ‘Ambedkar jatha’ without permission

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December 11,2024

Udupi: The police have booked a case against the office-bearers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for holding 'Chalo Belagavi - Ambedkar Jatha’ without permission and thereby disrupting the movement of vehicles on national highway at Hejmadi.

The SDPI held a jatha on December 10 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. According to the police, the group had unlawfully gathered near the National Highway toll gate in Hejmadi. Despite instructions from the PSI to disperse, they failed to act and disrupted the traffic on the national highway.

The police have booked case against SDPI state secretary Riyaz Kadumbu, leaders Haneef Muloor, Nooruddin Mallaru, Firoz Kanchinadka, Thoufeeq Uchila, Majeed Uchila, Ibrahim Kanchinadka and others under Sections 57, 189(2), 189(3), 281, 285 and 190 of the BNS.

About 75 to 100 people commenced a procession --without obtaining permission -- in cars and two-wheelers shouting slogans. They caused inconvenience to the vehicles moving on the national highway, police said.

The jatha, which was launched in Udupi on December 10, is expected to cover Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Davanagere, Haveri, Koppal, Bagalkote, Hubballi, Dharwad and reach Belagavi on December 16.

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