India News | Two Arrested for Assaulting Cop in Dakshina Kannada 

Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI): Two persons have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a policeman and misbehaving with his family members in Dakshina Kannada district, police said.

The accused have been identified as Maneesh and Manjunath. 

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 "On the basis of a complaint of the police personnel a case has been registered under the different section at Bantwala city police station," police said in a press release.

The incident occurred on July 27 night when the policeman Kumar was with his wife and elder sister in the area. 

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The two accused waylaid Kumar and assaulted him "misunderstanding him to be a Muslim guy wandering with Hindu girls," according to the police release.

The situation escalated when the accused attempted to assault the officer physically. They even recorded a video of the officer's wife, who came out of the house hearing the commotion and allegedly attempted to sexually assault her, police said. (ANI) 

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