Karnataka student thrashed allegedly for befriending girl from another community

The incident took place at the Sullia town in Karnataka - about 300 km from the state capital of Bengaluru

A Muslim student from the Dakshina Kannada area was reported to have been assaulted, allegedly by his classmates for befriending a girl from the Hindu community. The incident took place at the Sullia town in Karnataka - about 300 km from the state capital of Bengaluru - and a case has been registered against the accused.

Mohd Sanif, the student who was assaulted, reached out to the police and filed a complaint against his classmates on Tuesday who had thrashed him up for talking to a girl who belongs to the Hindu community.(Agencies/Representative use)

Several accused - Deekshith, Dhanush, Prajwal, Thanuj, Akshay, Mokshith, Goutham - among others have been named in the case. Mohd Sanif, the student who was assaulted, reached out to the police and filed a complaint against his classmates on Tuesday who had thrashed him up for talking to a girl who belongs to the Hindu community, news agency ANI reported.

The coastal Karnataka region has seen several cases in the recent past. In April this year, a Muslim youth who was driving his auto rickshaw was reportedly assaulted by a right-wing group for giving a ride to a Hindu woman at Siribagilu village in Dakshina Kannada district. In July this year, another right-wing group had also barged into a pub in Mangalore and objected to girl students partying late in the night. The students were forced to leave the pub.