4 arrested for stabbing Muslim man travelling with Hindu woman
Hindustan TimesMangaluru police on Saturday arrested four people, believed to be right-wing activists, who allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old Muslim man for travelling with a Hindu woman in a bus in coastal Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district earlier this week. Mangaluru police commissioner Shashi Kumar said that four teams were formed to nab the accused soon after the incident on Thursday. While the man has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Mangaluru, the woman, whose identity was not released by the police, also suffered minor injuries. Separately, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s leader Sharan Pumpwell also claimed on Friday the group’s men intercepted the couple as it was a case of “love jihad”, but that a mob gathered and turned violent.