Karnataka 23-Year-Old Stabbed For Travelling With Woman Of Other Religion

The police have taken 7-8 people in custody and are looking for four others from the Bajrang Dal who were involved.

A 23-year-old man was beaten and stabbed in Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka on Thursday for travelling on a bus with a girl from another religion. Mangaluru Police Commissioner, Shashi Kumar said, "On Mangaluru city outskirts yesterday, around 9:30, a bus was obstructed and a boy and girl who are classmates and friends, belonging to different religions, were made to get down from the vehicle. The boy was beaten up - and when the girl tried to come in the way, she was also hurt." "Seven or eight people are in custody - and four from the Bajrang Dal who were involved will soon be arrested," he told NDTV. "The four men came in a car and stopped the bus. The boy was beaten and also received a stab injury near his hip. He is in hospital and his condition is stable," Mr Kumar said.