In yet another incident of moral policing in Karnataka, a student was allegedly thrashed for talking to a Hindu girl in the Yadgir district, police said on Wednesday. Â
The incident took place on March 18 when he was returning home from college.Â
He told the police that he was conversing with a girl from the Hindu community over the phone when a group of nine people attacked him near the Gogi Mohalla.
He said that they confined him in a room for five hours and assaulted him. The student said they brandished a knife and threatened to kill him.Â
The police have filed a case and further investigation is underway.
Earlier in January, an inter-faith couple in Karnataka’s Haveri was subjected to harassment and threats by a group of nine individuals.
The incident took place just days after six men barged into the room of a lodge and assaulted a couple for the ‘crime’ of being together despite following different faiths.
