Hosangady: A gang of at least 15 miscreants attacked three men with lethal weapons near Hosangady junction and fled the scene on Tuesday night.

The injured have been identified as Hosangady resident Nazeer (37), Phosote resident Atif (20), and Manjeshwar resident Mohammad Ashraf (33). All of them have been hospitalized at a private hospital in Mangaluru.

Latif was working in the juice shop of Nazeer in Hosangady. At around 10 p.m., while closing the juice shop, a gang of miscreants came there on five two-wheelers and brutally attacked with sharp weapons. The group also beat Ashraf who had visited the shop for having juice.

It is reported that the gang members were indulged in the sale of cannabis.

 "A few Manjeshwar residents had complained about illegal cannabis business in which the gang was involved. The attack on us took place only for giving the information about the ganja selling," victim Nazeer said.

"Manjeshwar police visited the hospital and collected the information about the incident," Nazeer added.

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Bengaluru, May 9: BJP Karnataka Social Media Cell Convenor Prashant Makanur was on Thursday summoned by the city police in connection with a social media post allegedly against members of SC and ST community, and was let off as he had obtained anticipatory bail.

Earlier, BJP President J P Nadda and the party's IT cell national head Amit Malviya were issued summons in this connection.

A police officer said, "Prashant Makanur was summoned for inquiry, and was enlarged on bail."

A case was registered based on a complaint lodged by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) with the Election Commission and police on May 5 alleging violation of model code of conduct.

They were booked under sections of Representation of People Act and section 505 (2) (Statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) of the Indian Penal Code.

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In the complaint, the KPCC pointed to the video uploaded on social media platform 'X' by the official account of Karnataka State BJP which, it alleged, is operated by Malviya, on instructions of Nadda and Vijayendra, BJP Karnataka President and Social Media in-charge, on May 4.

"The said video posted on social media featured animated characters of (Congress leader) Rahul Gandhi and (Chief Minister) Siddaramaiah. In the clip, SC, ST and OBC community are portrayed as "eggs" in a nest and it also suggested Rahul Gandhi planting a big egg labelled as Muslim community. It is projected as though funds are being fed to the chick depicting the Muslim community, which then kicks out SC, ST and OBC community."

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