Father wants a 1 on 1 with the rat who bashed his daughter

Mangalore, 01 Aug 2012: The shameful incident, whose footage was telecast on TV channels continually for two days, has enraged the family members of the 13 youth who were at the receiving end of the moral police’s heavy handedness. The father of one of the women who were targeted has revenge on his mind.

 

This 50-year-old man, who works at the port, wants a one-on-one duel with the goon who slapped his daughter. He said he can identify the man, having seen him on TV, roughing up his daughter.

 

 

“I am a man of 50 years of age, but I think I have enough strength left in me to beat that rat to pulp,” said the enraged father. “If the leader of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike, Subhash Padil, has any manhood left in him, he should take this message to that man who hit my child and tell him about my challenge for a man-to-man duel.”

 

He said if the goon who slapped his daughter is not among the dozen who have been arrested, he would hunt him down with the help of his friends in the police. “If he is in jail, I will request the police to let me and parents of all the children who got beaten up a chance to have a go at him,” he said, seething with anger.

 

‘1 was stripped’

Two days after the attack, it is coming to light that the attackers had not only assaulted the youth, but also stripped a woman down to her undergarments.

 

Sources that were privy to the attack told the press that two persons (Shailesh and Chetan) stripped the woman and dragged her in front of camera. Sources said the attacking group disrobed even Vijaykumar, the event manager, and three other men and pushed them into the room where the women were confined. The mob wanted to portray that the youth were indulging in obscene activities.

 

A youth who stays near the homestay and had sneaked in when the attackers barged in there said some people in the mob were against hitting the women and said they should be sent to their homes in autorickshaws, but the others did not heed them.

 

Also, the youth who were beaten up have said that the attackers took away Rs12,000 cash from them, three mobile phones (of net worth Rs35,000) and a gold chain valued at Rs22,000 from a girl. Allegedly, they even inflicted a cut on a woman.