Mangaluru, Feb 29: Five youths have been arrested by the Uppinangady police in connection with last week's attack on Mohammed Asif, a reporter of Kannada daily Jayakirana.
The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Imran (24), Abdul Aziz (23), Mohammed Sinan (21), Abdul Siddiq (30) and Nawaz (27).
They were taken before the local magistrate who directed the police to produce the accused in court on Monday.
Mr Asif was riding his motorbike towards his home on Friday evening when the miscreants who came in a car waylaid him at Saralikatte near Uppinangady.
In his complaint Mr Asif claimed that after assaulting him the miscreants brandished a sword and threatened to kill him.
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its totally wrong statement, matter will be different
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