Mangaluru is not new to moral policing and communal tension.
In a fresh development, a Muslim youth was abducted and thrashed by self-proclaimed Hindu leaders after his snap, in which he had posed with another boy who was shown lying on the laps of five girls in a classroom went viral on social networking sites.
According to the police, the victim Mohammad Riyaz (20) was attacked near Surathkal on Sunday. He has been admitted to a nearby hospital in a semi-conscious condition.
As per Riyaz statement in a complaint, at around 11 am, unidentified youth advanced him in a van while he was having a conversation with his friend on the Surathkal main road.
“They asked me for directions and while I was guiding them, they bundled me into the van and took me away forcibly,” he added.
He were allegedly inebriated and showed a photograph on their smartphone of his friend, who was sleeping in a girl’s lap. All three are students of the students of final year BCA at Govinda Dasa College, Suratkal and had posed for the picture during an event.
The miscreants also told Riyaz that they belonged to a Hindu outfit the warned him against befriending any Hindu girl.
In a semi-conscious condition, Riyaz was dumped near Mukka where passersby noticed him and rushed him to a hospital.
A case was registered and efforts are being made to trace the van which was used in the crime.
The five girls and the boy lying on their laps have been suspended, but not Riyaz.
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