Karnataka police arrest 4 Muslims for stabbing two men in Shivamogga amidst communal tensions
The four Muslims were identified as Nadeem, Abdul Rehman, and Tanveer Jabiullah. Jabiullah was shot in the leg while he tried to escape from the police.
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Shivmogga, August 16: A day after two Hindu boys were stabbed during communal tensions that broke out in Karnataka's Shivamoga district, now police arrested four Muslim men in connection with the stabbing.
The four Muslims were identified as Nadeem, Abdul Rehman, and Tanveer Jabiullah. Jabiullah was shot in the leg while he tried to escape from the police. A case under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the four arrested men.
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All four suspects in the alleged stabbing in Shivamogga have been apprehended. One of the accused, Nadeem is also supposed to have been involved in the communal clashes that took place in 2016 in Shivamogga during a Ganesha procession.
For unreserved, on Monday, Prem Singh and Praveen Singh were stabbed in Shivamogga, only hours after a row broke out over a Vinayak Damodar Savarkar banner displayed at Ameer Ahmed Circle on Independence Day.
On Monday, two factions fought over the placement of flexes commemorating Tipu Sultan, an Islamic dictator from the 18th century, and Savarkar.
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