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Mangaluru: A youth travelling in a bus was stabbed by a group of 8 persons near Balmatta on Friday, January 30.

The victim is Muzammil (22), a civil engineer by profession. He has identified the men as Sachin, Sajith, Varun, Deepak, Chetan, Pradeep and Prashanth. The attackers were his high school classmates.

When Muzammil was in the bus, a man stood near him and deliberated blocked him by placing his hand close to Muzammil’s face. When Muzammil asked him to put down his hand, the man retorted that he should go and stand somewhere else. He even allegedly passed provocative remarks about the community Muzammil belongs to.

After few minutes of argument, the man along with seven others stabbed Muzammil on his stomach, shoulder and fled.

The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment of his stab wounds.

Police said that Muzammil and his attackers are friends and used to play volleyball with him in the evenings. Internal conflict is the reason for the attack, the police said, adding that Muzammil has not revealed all details.

A case has been registered in Kadri police station.

Woman dies after falling off moving scooter

Kasargod: In a tragic incident, a housewife who sustained injuries after falling off a scooter 10 days ago passed away on the night of Thursday, January 29. The incident took place at Nileshwar on January 20, when the woman, identified as Bindu (35), wife of Kotrachi resident Shashi, was riding pillion with a friend. Bindu and her friend were returning home in a scooter after paying her daughter’s school fees. When they reached Thottam junction on the national highway, stray dogs came chasing the scooter. To escape from the attack, her friend increased the speed. Bindu who was riding pillion lost balance and fell off. Bindu sustained serious head injuries and was rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru. After battling for life for nearly 10 days, she breathed her last on Thursday. Her husband Shashi who is employed in Kuwait has reached home. They have two children. Nileshwar police have registered a case.

 Court order brings eight families to street

Mangaluru : As a result of the court order the residents of eight out of 31 houses located at Gatti Bitthal, Bhavanti Street here were evicted on Thursday, January 29.

As per the primary investigation a civil court, had in 1999, ordered the families to vacate. Beleaguered with this, the families approached the court and the case remained in the court till Wednesday, January 28 this year.

The said land belongs to one Suresh Bhat and his Mumbai-based partners.

In accordance with the order, court officials as well as the land owners arrived at the spot on January 29 and demanded the families to vacate immediately.

The families urging for some more time, informed the land owners that they were informed about the court order last night and they would come to streets as they could not find alternatives on such short notice.

The affected residents also alleged Suresh Bhat of fraud. An individual informed that Bhat had promised them that the land would be transferred to their name had they paid a certain amount. Accordingly 13 families had paid him a cumulative sum of Rs eight lac, however Bhat did not live by his promise. Their allegations fell on dumb ears as they did not have any evidence backing their claims.

On the other hand, Bhat denied the allegations and also said that he had given them one-and-a-half years’ time to vacate the houses, however they hung on.

Human rights officials who arrived at the spot opined that though court order cannot be questioned, the families should have been given intimation in advance.
 
 Kumar Malemar of Sri Rama Sene too arrived at the spot and urged the land owner to give the families time till April. However, Bhat, his partners and the court officials stood firm on their words and evacuated the families.