Four held in Pumpwell assault case
Mangaluru, April 03, 2021: Mangaluru City Police have arrested four youths who waylaid a private bus and assaulted a person at Pumpwell.
Aswid Anwar Mohammed and his friend were going to Bengaluru on a private bus on April 1 night. When the bus reached Mahaveera Circle (Pumpwell) a group of about five entered the bus and assaulted Aswid Anwar Mohammed and scolded him for accompanying a Hindu girl.
The girl had complained to the Kankanady Police Station.
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Police who started the investigation arrested four persons by Friday evening. The arrested are Balachandra (28), Dhanush Bhandary 925), Jayaprakash (27), and Anil Kumar (38).
Details: Balachandra hails from Babugudde in Mangaluru. He has two cases (one each at Kadri and Kankanady stations).
Dhanush is from Kanduk in Mangaluru. He has four cases including a murder case. He is a rowdy-sheeter at Mangaluru South Station.
Jayaprashanth is from Shakthinagar, Mangaluru. He has two assault cases at Kankanady Town station, one case each at Urwa and East PS.
Anil Kumar is from Urwa. He has one assault case at Mangaluru City South station.
