Mangaluru: Six youths booked for engaging in altercation, disturbing communal harmony

Mangaluru: Police have registered a case against six youths for allegedly engaging in a scuffle that disturbed communal harmony at Manchi Katte in Manchi village, Mangaluru.

According to the Bantwal Rural Police, head constable Krishna Naik was on beat patrol in the area when he received information from an informant about a group of youths causing a commotion. Upon reaching the spot, he found a crowd gathered and witnessed the group—identified as Vijeth, Rakshith Kottari, Pushparaj, Ajay, Jameer, and Mohammad Mustafa —engaged in a heated altercation.

The youths were reportedly using abusive language and fighting in a manner likely to create hatred and disrupt public peace.

Following the incident, a case has been registered at Bantwal Rural Police Station under sSections 189(2), 191(2), 196(1)(a), 196(1)(b) read with Section 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).