Mangaluru: Two persons arrested in moral policing incident

Mangaluru: Police arrested two individuals for their involvement in a ‘moral policing’ incident, which occurred in Kavoor police station limits.

The accused have been identified as Chetan (37) a resident of Kotekar and Naveen (43), a resident of Yeyyadi.

The duo had reportedly tried to assault a reporter of a private news website, who had been to a restaurant with his friend on July 28. The victim, identified as Abhijit, later reported the matter to the police.

The accused allegedly wanted to know if Abhijit was a Muslim and even tried to assault him, the complainant said.