Police in Dharmasthala, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, have arrested three people for allegedly assaulting a Muslim rickshaw driver earlier this week, police officials said Saturday. The suspects have been identified as Avinash Dharmasthala, Nandeep Dharmasthala, and Akshath Uppinangady.
The ethics police incident happened on Wednesday night when 22-year-old Mohammed Ashik was returning home to Ujire after dropping off another female passenger of another religion at the Dharmasthala bus stop. The victim claimed to have been assaulted by the trio.
Dharmasthala Police charged the three suspects under Articles 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (riot), 341 (excessive coercion), 323 (intentionally causing injury), 504 (intentional insult to intent to violate public order), 506 (criminal act). intimidation) and 149 (any member of an illegal assembly committing a crime in pursuit of a common object) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A police official said: “Three people have been taken into custody.
The Dharmasthala incident was the third act of moral control in the county in a week.