Far away from Jharkhand is Mangaluru in Karnataka where police have identified four assailants as Sagar, Danush, Lalu Rathish and Mohan for assaulting a migrant labourer after presuming him to be a Bangladeshi.

The victim labourer identified as Diljan Ansari who hails from Jharkhand has been going to Mangaluru to work as a labourer for a period of six month during the past almost 15 years.

On January 11 evening, four persons, said to be associated with a saffron organisation, waylaid him at a place in Mangaluru’Kavoor police station limits.

Accusing Ansari of being a Bangladeshi, the above four persons allegedly abused him and sought his identity documents.

When Ansari insisted that he is an Indian, the group used objects carried by Ansari to assault him on the head. As a local woman rushed to his help, the assailants left the place. The victim, whose head was bleeding heavily, was rushed to a local hospital where he received treatment for his injuries. After treatment, the victim went back to this room.

Local residents reportedly brought the incident to the notice of the police. In a statement, Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said police verified and found that Ansari is an Indian from Jharkhand and not Bangladeshi.

Incidentally, all the four accused persons were yet to be arrested as they were ‘absconding’, according to the police.

However, they were accused of offences punishable under Sections 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 109 (attempt to murder), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351(3) (criminal intimidation), 353 (statements conducive to pubic mischief), 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) r/w 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.