Ullala, June 10: A group of people assaulted a student on the premises of Marathimule Masjid on Friday night.

The student is identified as Saqlain (16). He is studying in the 9th standard at Natekal Residential School. The gang of three from Manjeshwar attacked the student on Friday night.

About incident

It is said that he and his friend Araf quarreled for a petty issue after the Ramzan prayer on Friday evening. Later, school teachers pacified them and sent them the masjid for Ramzan prayer. But it is said that Araf has informed about the incident to his friends through mobile. Following this, the group of three persons dragged Saqlain from the Masjid premises to the outside and attacked him with hockey sticks. By the time, people who were in the Masjid rushed to the spot listening to the incident, the accused fled the scene. While fleeing the area, the accused have left the Kerala registered vehicle they brought, there only.

A case was registered at Konaje police station. Later, the local people who gathered in front of the police station urged the authorities to arrest them immediately. Injured boy is undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Natekal.

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