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The incident took place near the Radha Vihar Hotel in Ambalpadi, opposite Adi Udupi School.
The scooter rider Rajan Kumar, a resident of Malpe, was traveling from Udupi towards Malpe when a Mahindra Thar vehicle approached from the wrong direction. When Kumar confronted the vehicle driver about this, the latter attacked him with his own helmet and fled the scene.
A case has been registered, and police are investigating the incident.