Mangalore, August 11: Two of the victims who were targeted by activists belonging to Hindu Jagrana Vedike while celebrating a birthday at Morning Mist homestay in Padil, spoke at a press conference held here on Saturday.
The victims, Vijay and Gurudath, recounting the brutal assault made on the group of youngsters, alleged that the local police was involved in the attack. They stated that the police were hand-in glove with the assaulters.
“According to our friends Avron and Dylan, who were present outside the building at the time of the attack, four police officers and a driver were present outside in a jeep. They (the police) saw the Vedike activists enter the place and yet did not take action. They themselves entered the homestay at least 20 minutes after the attack began,” said Vijay. They also alleged that a couple of girls who were present had been slapped by the police officers.
“We did not know the background of the homestay or whether it had a valid license. It was suggested to us by one of our friends. Vijay and Vandana had pooled in 2,500 each to rent out the place,” they said. The people who assaulted us were in an inebriated state, they added.
Rubbishing the rumour that one of the victims had left the state to avoid media scrutiny, they said that all the victims were still present in Mangalore and no one had left the town. Vijay said that he was in contact with three of the girls who had been assaulted and they would soon come forward to file an FIR on the incident.
Vijay and Gurudath appealed that CBI or a Special Investigation Panel take up inquiry of the case in an unbiased manner and ensure that justice was delivered to them.
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