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Youth attacked for befriending girl



Sudipto Mondal





DEEP SCARS:Yogish



MANGALORE: A local court on Thursday granted bail to Yogish (29), a resident of Uppinangady who was reportedly assaulted by a vigilante mob on Monday, for fraternising with a teenage Muslim girl.



Mr. Yogesh was charged with “outraging the modesty” of the girl under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. The court granted bail to four persons who were part of the mob that allegedly assaulted Mr. Yogish, and charged under Sections 146 (rioting) and 295-A (outraging/insulting a religious class). They have been identified as Mansoor, Noor Ahmed, Anees and Iliyas.



Speaking to The Hindu after his release from the government hospital where he was treated under judicial custody, Mr. Yogish said that he had been falsely charged in the case. He said that he was attacked only because he had befriended a Muslim girl.



“I have known the girl for a few weeks now. She lives in my neighbourhood and we were just friends. All we would do is wave out to each other and say ‘hello' whenever we met,” he said.



According to him, these “innocent gestures” were construed to be something else by fundamentalists in the area.



Asked about the complaint filed by the girl, he said, “She has come under pressure from those who attacked me. Let her say the same thing in front of me.”



Narrating the sequence of events leading to the attack and his arrest, he said, “Three persons accosted me on Monday evening as I was walking back home. They did not even ask me any questions.” After the initial assault, he was taken to an isolated spot where a larger group of around 20 was waiting for him.

The mob then took him to the police station where the girl was present and had a case registered against him.



http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/22/stories/...270500.htm